With all eyes on the winter storm raging through America last month, a silent hero was working in the background to keep the lights on. And I don’t primarily mean the emergency workers or the teams of electricians, foresters, and engineers that keep the power lines up and ice-free; these guys operate very much in the foreground, the public well aware of their critical work.
Argentina’s recent drop in monthly inflation below two percent has drawn cautious praise from many mainstream economists, who focus on the immediate success of President Javier Milei’s anti-inflation campaign. Yet, as we saw in the aftermath of his interview in Davos, many of those same analysts still question the cost of his “austerity,” the supposed risks of removing currency controls, or his refusal to monetize debt.
“Her announcement follows the release of documents detailing her often chummy conversations with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.” She had long claimed to barely know Epstein.
“Ring’s decision to cancel its partnership with Flock comes as tech companies face growing pressure to reexamine their work with federal agencies.”
Warsh wouldn’t be offered the job if he were a departure from the usual model of Fed chairs. He’ll inflate plenty, especially when recession hits.
[The End of Value-Free Economics edited by Hilary Putnam and Vivian Walsh (Routledge, 2012; ix + 229 pp.)]
“The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) proclaimed that “the current violent death toll” in Gaza likely exceeded 100,000...”
Recently, the United States military captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. President Trump called him a “narco-terrorist” and initiated the action. Whatever a “narco-terrorist” is, Maduro is certainly another in a long line of “socialist” leaders that did not hesitate to murder and impoverish their own citizens, all the while lining the pockets of his family and his cronies. The standard of living plummeted and millions fled Venezuela in the years that followed his rise to power.
When it comes to any historical study, we always necessarily operate with a limited record. Thus, first-hand primary source documents are key resources. One such key document is The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano (1789)—an African man, captured as a slave in his youth, who was carried across the Atlantic in the Middle Passage. (If interested, see this 2005 documentary).
