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reason.com: Gordon Wood on America as a "Creedal Nation" Open to all Races and Ethnicities --

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-- Wood is the leading living historian of the American Founding. He pushes back here against those who claim America should be an ethno-nationalist polity. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: The Seven Deadly Economic Sins --

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-- Seven “economic sins” share one root: monetary inflation—fueling higher prices, inequality, debt, war, and even moral decay. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

reason.com: Covid Beach Closures, the Takings Clause, and the Police Power Exception --

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-- A recent 11th Circuit decision rightly ruled that mandatory Covid beach closures violated the Takings Clause. But the court overlooked the key issue of how to assess the police power exception to Takings Clause liability. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

reason.com: Second Amendment Roundup: In Wolford, Hawaii relies on the Black Codes --

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-- Improper analogue to support ban on arms on private property open to the public. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

reason.com: Open Thread --

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-- What’s on your mind? #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

reason.com: California Clears Path for Gig Unions --

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-- Even after the Prop 22 rebuke, California is pushing a system that could standardize schedules and undermine gig work. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: Central Bankers Disagree About Gold --

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-- Prominent central bankers have given conflicting statements concerning gold. What soaring gold prices might indicate is that the world is now turning to gold. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: Do Markets Ever Reach Equilibrium? --

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-- Equilibrium is an imaginary construct that should be used only for analytical purposes. Unfortunately, mainstream economists have claimed it should represent a desired state of economic affairs. Austrian Economists know better. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

reason.com: RFK Jr. Breaks His Promises About the CDC on Vaccines and Autism --

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-- The secretary of Health and Human Services lied to Sen. Bill Cassidy during his confirmation hearings. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: The Hypocrisy of Social Democracy: Hidden Intentions --

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-- Any political figure, celebrity, professor, social or climate activist, or anyone else who calls for elimination or inhibition of this system—and the spillovers it brings—cannot claim that he or she is a friend to civilized society. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: The Futility of Utility --

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-- Mainstream economics is obsessed with “maximizing” so-called utility functions and discovering the ubiquitous “social utility curve.” In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes apart this “utility” fixation. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: Politics and Government: The Weakness of the State --

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-- Thinking clearly about the state requires us to think differently than what is typically believed. The state is not a “necessary evil,” but rather it is just evil. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: Hoover was an Economic Interventionist—That was the Problem! --

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-- Even as historians have softened on their outlook on Hoover, they usually still manage to avoid the obvious connection between interventionism and lack of economic recovery. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: Minarchism: The Worst Kind of State Idolatry --

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-- Is minarchism an antidote for the growing statism and socialism infecting our body politic? Think of it as “statism lite.” #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

reason.com: Bad Deal for Ukraine --

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-- Plus: Executiongate, in defense of tradwives, New York gun case, and more... #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

reason.com: Conservative Think Tanks Should Never Have Crawled Into Bed With Tucker Carlson in the First Place --

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-- Explaining the crackup on the American right #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: Is the Left Trying to Destroy the Family? --

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-- On the John Curley Show, Ryan McMaken presents a practical case for strengthening families by shrinking Leviathan’s reach. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

reason.com: Open Thread --

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-- What’s on your mind? #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: Socialism Is a Political Doctrine, Not an Economic One --

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-- Socialists claim they just want to create a more “just” and “equitable” economic system. In reality, socialism is a political system that uses economic rhetoric. #liberty #news

LibertyPicks 3 months ago

mises.org: Minarchism: The Worst Kind of State Idolatry --

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-- Is minarchism an antidote for the growing statism and socialism infecting our body politic? Think of it as “statism lite.” #liberty #news