mises.org: Who Really Invented Bitcoin? -- -- Before Bitcoin, there was Hayek. In the 1970s, he warned that state-controlled money leads to inflation, instability, and political plunder. His fix? Competing currencies. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: July 5, 1867 -- -- 7/5/1867: Justice James Wayne dies.The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 5, 1867 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: Methodological Individualism in Historical Analysis -- -- Modern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological individualism allows one to avoid sweeping judgments like claiming the Confederacy was founded upon belief in white supremacy. #liberty #news
reason.com: Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal -- -- Federal enclaves, false alarms, and pseudonymous lawsuits. #liberty #news
mises.org: Return to First Principles to End Wars in the Middle East -- -- The world is being driven to warβ€”possibly nuclear warβ€”by current leaders who want their citizens to believe that there are no other options. This is patently not true. #liberty #news
mises.org: Leo XIV and Rerum Novarum -- -- When Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope, he took the name of Pope Leo XIV. Leo XIII authored Rerum Novarum, which is the basis for Catholic social teaching and is friendlier to private property and free markets than anything the Vatican has produced since then. #liberty #news
reason.com: What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant -- -- It officially adopted the American Theory of Government: First Come Rights; Then Comes Government to Secure These Rights. #liberty #news
mises.org: The American Revolution Was a Free-Trade Revolution -- -- The British complained of unfair competition from goods supplied by the American colonists. So the state intervened to manage trade and make it β€œfair.” But the American revolutionaries saw protectionism for the scam it was, and still is. #liberty #news
reason.com: Independence Day Reminds Us You Can Be American by Choice -- -- Despite our problems, the U.S. offers the sort of freedom, liberty, and opportunity that is anathema to many places around the world. #liberty #news
reason.com: Celebrate Independence Day by Insulting a Politician -- -- Perhaps the one thing Americans still have in common is our eagerness to criticize government. #liberty #news