President Trump caused a stir last Friday after he fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) hours after it released a weaker-than-expected jobs report. In a post on his social media site Truth Social, the president blamed the Biden-appointed BLS commissioner, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, for manipulating jobs numbers to prop up Democrats and make his administration look bad. He promised to appoint someone “much more competent and qualified.”

The Universidad Rey Juan Carlos is gearing up for its prestigious 9th Annual Madrid Conference on Austrian Economics, taking place on October 23-24, 2025 in Madrid. This event marks nearly a decade of bringing together scholars dedicated to the Austrian tradition.

When: October 23-24, 2025 Where: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid (Vicálvaro campus)

The conference will kick off Thursday afternoon at 1 PM and wrap up Friday around 5 PM, featuring a keynote lecture by Jesús Huerta de Soto.

Anarcho-capitalism is a libertarian design for a stateless society in which security, law, and dispute resolution would be provided primarily by for-profit companies. There are two reasons why researchers are interested in this form of social order: moral and economic. The moral argument is based on the claim that the state is an inherently unethical institution.

“Though it may have been controversial, the July jobs report helped confirm the notion that the U.S. economic engine is sputtering.” 

Militaries on the verge of collapse often recruit old men and young boys. 

Netanyahu will urge a meeting of the security cabinet on Tuesday to support the full “conquest of the Strip” according to reports in Israeli media.

Altman is pushing a single global AI-controlled source of ID verification.