mises.org: Who Gets the Blame for the Upcoming Recession? -- -- President Trump has indicated that a recession could be coming and the pundits are playing the blame game. Don‘t look to anyone in Washington for a coherent explanation for the downturn, however. Look to the Austrians instead. #liberty #news
mises.org: Five Years Later, We Remember How Politicians Unleashed Covid Tyranny -- -- Five years ago, the spread of the Covid-19 virus gave politicians the excuse to go full totalitarian. Their fear-based campaign consisted of authoritarian measures that were based on lies and half-truths. #liberty #news
reason.com: J.D. Vance Blames Zoning, Immigrants for High Housing Costs -- -- Plus: Texas and Minnesota consider an aggressive suite of housing supply bills, while San Diego tries to ratchet up regulations on ADUs. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Israel-Hamas Conflict Convinced College Adminstrators To Turn Away From Politics, New Report Shows -- -- Just eight colleges had official neutrality policies before the attack. By the end of 2024, it was almost 150. #liberty #news
mises.org: Foreign Aid, Reparations, and Economic Growth -- -- History has shown that prosperity is built through economic freedom and self-reliance—not through perpetual financial transfers from former colonial powers. #liberty #news
reason.com: Why Some American Businesses Want More Tariffs -- -- A quick lesson about concentrated benefits and diffused costs #liberty #news
mises.org: Are Economic Progress and Cultural Values Mutually Exclusive? -- -- Economic development cannot ever be seen as an end in itself. People are complex, social beings who may well forgo some of the advantages of economic growth for social stability, something Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard understood. #liberty #news
reason.com: A Sex Worker Called 911 In Distress. Cops Came to Her Hotel Room and Shot Her. -- -- Linda Becerra Moran died on February 27 after nearly three weeks on life support. On Sunday, the LAPD released video of her being shot. #liberty #news
reason.com: Is it Constitutional To Deport Immigrants for Political Speech? -- -- President Donald Trump has begun kicking immigrant “Hamas sympathizers” out of the U.S. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Swedish “System” of Control -- -- It’s important to note that Sweden’s hate speech law is only a small part of the broader “Swedish system” and its democratic shortcomings. #liberty #news