mises.org: Paul Heyne: The Ethicist Who Thought Like an Economist -- -- Was Paul Heyne an ethicist who thought like an economist or was he instead an economist who thought like an ethicist? It was a bit of both. Heyne‘s popular text, The Economic Way of Thinking, educated a lot of students about how economics really works. #liberty #news
reason.com: Fired Prof. Maura Finkelstein: A Martyr for Academic Freedom? -- -- The New York Times has a profile of fired Muhlenberg professor Maura Finkelstein that portrays her as a martyr for…The post Fired Prof. Maura Finkelstein: A Martyr for Academic Freedom? appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: How Tariffs Are Breaking the Manufacturing Industries Trump Says He Wants To Protect -- -- Most imports to the U.S. are raw materials, intermediate parts, or equipment—the stuff that manufacturing firms need to make things. #liberty #news
mises.org: What Science Can’t Decide for You: Masks, Data, and Individual Liberty -- -- Modern neoclassical economics is based upon the physical sciences, which Austrian economists recognize is an inappropriate way to explain economic phenomena. Ludwig von Mises recognized this fraudulence, calling it “scientism.” #liberty #news
mises.org: China’s Strengths Are Over-Exaggerated -- -- While China has made great strides economically since the days of Mao, nonetheless, there remain a number of weaknesses in the economy. While we should recognize its economic strengths, we should not be tempted to portray China as an economic superpower. #liberty #news
mises.org: Preparing for War -- -- Why is gold at a record high? How does modern mercantilism fuel today’s tensions? Are we all just pawns in a much bigger game? #liberty #news
reason.com: Kilmar Abrego Garcia Back in the United States -- -- The Trump Administration returned the illegally deported migrant from imprisonment in El Salvador after repeatedly claiming they could not do so. #liberty #news
mises.org: To Veatch His Own -- -- As a bookend to last week‘s critical article on Thomistic Aristotelianism of Alasdair MacIntyre, Dr. David Gordon in Friday Philosophy scrutinizes the libertarian-tolerant philosopher Henry B. Veatch. Dr. Gordon finds Veatch‘s arguments much more tolerable. #liberty #news
reason.com: Texas Cop Who Killed Unarmed Man Is Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity -- -- Former Rusk County deputy Shane Iverson can now be sued for the 2022 fatal shooting of Timothy Michael Randall, who was fleeing a traffic stop. #liberty #news
reason.com: Marsha Blackburn Wants Secret Police -- -- Sen. Blackburn introduced a bill this week that would make it a crime to publish the name of a federal law enforcement officer. #liberty #news