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The Woke Cartel and Twitter's New CEO

Cronyism and CorporatismMedia and CultureProgressivism

5 hours agoMises Media
With the appointment of Linda Yaccarino as Twitter's new CEO, Elon Musk is trying to appease woke advertisers to bring up his company's revenues. This will not end well.
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The Drug War: An Irrational Crusade

Big GovernmentLawThe Police State

06/07/2023Mises Media
The drug war of the last half century has incarcerated millions and created havoc. What it hasn't done is eliminate people using drugs without government permission.
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Committing Domestic Violence against Men . . . Just for a Giggle

LawMedia and CulturePolitics

06/07/2023Mises Media
Domestic violence is a stain on society, but it is worse if we only care about violence committed against people of one sex.
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Thanks to Sanctions, the US Is Losing Its Grip on the Middle East

Economic FreedomGlobal EconomyWar and Foreign Policy

06/06/2023Mises Media
While the US ratchets up efforts to isolate its many enemies, the Chinese, the Saudis, the Arab League, and OPEC all shrug and look to increasing international communication and trade.
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Living by a Premise

Economic FreedomFree MarketsLibertarianism

06/06/2023Mises Media
More than forty years ago, Leonard Read urged graduates of Hillsdale College to find a premise, a belief in a universal idea of liberty.
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End the FBI

AntipoliticsBig GovernmentThe Police StateU.S. History

06/05/2023Mises Media
The Durham report reminds us it is well past time for a more realistic assessment of the FBI for what it is: a costly, unnecessary, unconstitutional, and incompetent agency.
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Energy and Economic Efficiency: The Market versus the Politicization of Our Energy Futures

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismThe EnvironmentProgressivism

06/05/2023Mises Media
Radical environmentalists have convinced people that we are doomed if we continue to use fossil fuels. We are doomed if we stop using them.
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The Five Stages of Bank Failure Grief

Cronyism and CorporatismThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. Economy

06/04/2023Mises Media
We are familiar with the five stages of grief. However, it is not a stretch to apply those stages to what is happening to the banking system. Right now, we are in the second stage: anger.
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Crowding Out: The Fed May Be Killing the Private Sector to Save the Government

Money and Banks

06/03/2023Mises Media
A "soft landing" is impossible unless the government cuts both taxes and government spending at the same time interest rates are rising. This won't happen, so get ready for a hard landing.
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Bank of England Economist: Britons Need to Accept That They’re Poorer

Central BanksInflationMonetary Policy

06/03/2023Mises Media
Although the Bank of England is largely responsible for inflation in the UK, its leaders blame British consumers and workers for the price increases.
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