reason.com: Trump Wants Lower Interest Rates. The Market Disagrees. -- -- Even if the Fed tried to cut rates, inflation, investor reluctance, and a $25 trillion borrowing spree could keep them elevated for years. #liberty #news
mises.org: Higher Education’s Problems Began With the Federal Government’s 1965 Industrial Policy -- -- Higher education has become unaffordable and its curriculums hopelessly politicized. We should remember that all of this is a result of programs developed more than a half-century ago to make higher education more accessible. #liberty #news
mises.org: US Navy accidentally dumps $60mln fighter jet into the ocean -- -- US Navy loses $60 million fighter jet after it fell off aircraft carrier. This brings the total cost of lost aircraft in Yemen up to $270 million since Trump took over. #liberty #news
reason.com: 100 Days of Trump -- -- Plus: Calm corners in the subway system, mysterious 18-hour power outage, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Equity, Racial Equality, and Wealth Redistribution -- -- When modern progressives claim to support equity, what they really mean is the confiscation of wealth and transferal of private property to politically-favored groups. These policies have a sorry history from Reconstruction and continued through the 20th century communist regimes. #liberty #news
mises.org: USAID: Antidote to Poverty or Forum for Corruption? -- -- Foreign direct aid has failed to alleviate worldwide poverty. Nations with secure property rights have prospered. #liberty #news
reason.com: California Concealed Carry Now Available to Out-of-Staters -- -- It’s a small step in the right direction for self-defense rights. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Dominican Republic is still deporting Haitian illegal aliens -- -- Lower income countries like the D.R. often face much higher relative costs than rich countries when it comes to dealing with waves of migrants. #liberty #news
mises.org: Does Correlation Mean Causation? -- -- Carl Menger wrote, “All things are subject to the law of cause and effect.” Unfortunately, modern academic economists all too often confuse correlation of economic phenomena with causality. #liberty #news
reason.com: "Can Speech Policy Protect Public Health?" to Appear in Utah Law Review -- -- Using Speech to Address Public Choice Problems #liberty #news