reason.com: The PPP Was a COVID-Era Disaster. Trump Wants To Promote the Guy Who Ran It. -- -- After overseeing the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was a bloated, wasteful mess, Michael Faulkender is failing up. #liberty #news
mises.org: Want to Cut Federal Workers? Just Cut Spending. -- -- These days, most federally-funded workers are “private” contract and grant workers. These jobs will quickly disappear if we‘re serious about spending cuts. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Biggest Mistake America Has Ever Made -- -- The biggest mistake America has ever made since the nation’s founding was the conversion of the federal government from a limited-government republic to a national-security state. #liberty #news
mises.org: Prices Are Not Measurements of Value -- -- One of the fallacies of modern academic neoclassical economics is that we can take cardinal measures of value. Austrian economists, beginning with Carl Menger, know better. #liberty #news
reason.com: FDA Policy Worsens Homelessness by Limiting Access to Antipsychotics -- -- Clozapine is the only drug approved for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. So why does the FDA make it so hard to prescribe? #liberty #news
mises.org: From Indenturehsip to Entrepreneurship -- -- Entrepreneurs come from all walks of life and from different social and ethnic groups. Lipton Matthews reviews Jean Claude Escalante’s From Indentureship to Entrepreneurship, which chronicles the rise of a successful entrepreneur who came from humble beginnings. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Department of Energy Misspent Nearly $1 Billion in 2024 -- -- While $1 billion is a drop in the wasteful spending bucket, fiscal irresponsibility of all sizes must be eradicated. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Hidden Costs of Capping Credit Card Interest Rates -- -- A rate cap could leave millions scrambling for alternatives in an increasingly cashless economy. #liberty #news
reason.com: South Korea Avoids a Return to the Bad Old Days -- -- President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to go down a path trodden by past South Korean military dictators. The Korean people wouldn’t let him. #liberty #news
mises.org: Another Merit of Medieval Bolognese Canons -- -- The Austrian School of Economics traces its roots to the School of Salamanca in Medieval times. The scholastics of Salamanca, in turn, were influenced by the canon jurists from the University of Bologna, demonstrating the rich and historic roots of Austrian Economics. #liberty #news