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Real ID Is Not About Keeping You Safe
May 7, 2025
Real ID is the latest example of the government using 9/11 as an excuse to grab more power.
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Fed keeps Fed Funds rate unchanged.
May 7, 2025
"the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 percent." Click here for post-FOMC
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Inflation: Looking Beyond Aggregates
May 7, 2025
Mainstream economists define inflation as the increase in an imaginary “price level” that is relatively neutral in its effects. Austrian economists, however,
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Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of Political Divide
May 7, 2025
Free markets and free minds must push back against the mercantilist and populist policies associated with current Keynesians; we must draw upon
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Amazon’s Zoox robotaxi unit issues software recall after recent Las Vegas crash
May 6, 2025
Amazon’s Zoox issued a software recall for 270 of its robotaxis after a crash in Las Vegas last month, the company said Tuesday. The recall
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Will Trump’s Foreign Film Tariffs Crush Streaming Stocks? What You Need To Know Now
May 6, 2025
Trump's latest Hollywood "hit" isn't the kind you stream. Threatening to slap a 100% tariff on films produced in foreign countries, the
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Understanding The Importance of Justice
May 6, 2025
When people speak of “social justice,” they are not speaking of justice in any historical form but rather an imaginary state of
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The Fallacy of Optimal Tariffs
May 6, 2025
Mainstream economists have been obsessed with finding “optimal” tax rates, and Nicholas Kaldor‘s 1940 formalization of the “optimal” tariff is no exception.
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Rite Aid files for second bankruptcy in two years
May 6, 2025
U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in as many years, according to a
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Alberta says it could vote on separation from Canada next year
May 6, 2025
Unlike the US, Canada (at least on paper) recognizes a legal right to secession. Alberta gov't now says it may vote on