Trump praises ‘young, attractive’ Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa who is a known Al-Qaeda terrorist who regime currently persecutes Syrian Christians and massacred 1,500 Alawites.

According to new employment totals released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy added an estimated 147,000 payroll jobs, month-over-month, in June. This was celebrated in the media and among financial commentators as a sign of great economic performance during the month. Except there’s a problem: fully half of these new jobs were government jobs. 

Welcome to Virtual Mises University 2024! This is the digital version of the Mises Institute’s week-long Mises University seminar held in Auburn, Alabama. Here you will find audio and video recordings, lecture slides, Mises U schedule, suggested readings, and information about the faculty. All information and course materials will remain available even after Mises U ends. We are very happy to have you following along online with the on-campus students.

[Chapter 80, “Was the American Revolution Radical?,” from Murray N. Rothbard’s Conceived in Liberty, vol. 4, The Revolutionary War, 1775–1784.]