reason.com: This Long-Neglected Law Can Help Parents Get Their Kids Out of Violent Schools -- -- Despite persistent violence in schools, very few states designate schools as persistently dangerous. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Fallacy of Optimal Tariffs -- -- Mainstream economists have been obsessed with finding “optimal” tax rates, and Nicholas Kaldor‘s 1940 formalization of the “optimal” tariff is no exception. Austrian economists, however, know that there is no such thing as an “optimal” tax, given the harm taxation causes. #liberty #news
mises.org: Inflation: Looking Beyond Aggregates -- -- Mainstream economists define inflation as the increase in an imaginary “price level” that is relatively neutral in its effects. Austrian economists, however, know better, as they realize that the effects of inflating the money supply are anything but neutral. #liberty #news
reason.com: India vs. Pakistan (and China) -- -- Plus: Conclave time, land acknowledgements, deporting to Libya, and more... #liberty #news
reason.com: 17 States Sue Trump Administration for Its Anti-Wind Energy Policy -- -- The lawsuit challenges a Day 1 executive order signed by the president to halt federal leasing for offshore wind energy projects. #liberty #news
reason.com: The New Stadium Scam Is a Server Farm -- -- Local governments love giving sweetheart deals to billion-dollar companies—now data centers instead of football stadiums. #liberty #news
reason.com: Supreme Court Stays District Court Injunction Against Trump Administration Policy on Transgender Individuals in the Military -- -- The Trump Administration will be able to exclude transgender individuals from the military pending the outcome of litigation challenging the policy. #liberty #news
mises.org: Understanding The Importance of Justice -- -- When people speak of “social justice,” they are not speaking of justice in any historical form but rather an imaginary state of affairs in which the state enforces a progressive view of equality. F.A. Hayek wrote that “social justice” is “wholly devoid of meaning or content.” #liberty #news
mises.org: Google’s Antitrust Breakup Trial: Government Overreach -- -- The antitrust lawsuit against Google by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) seeks to dismantle the tech giant on the grounds that it has “monopolized the internet search market.” This is nothing but an overreach that shatters the very pillars of a free and competitive marketplace. #liberty #news
reason.com: New Oklahoma Curriculum Requires Students To Learn 2020 Election Fraud Conspiracies  -- -- The new standards are the most unapologetically conservative, pro-America social studies standards in the nation, according to State Superintendent Ryan Walters. #liberty #news