A recent push for “reciprocity” in international taxation has gained traction, based on the claim that American companies pay disproportionately high taxes abroad while foreign firms pay far less in the United States. “US firms paid $370 billion abroad in value-added and income taxes,” White House economist Kevin Hassett recently noted, “whereas multinational firms operating […]
State primary system called unfair to Libertarians and ferret fans  The San Diego Union-Tribune Read More Article from “libertarian” – Google News
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The United Kingdom’s Home Office is reportedly demanding that Apple, one of the world’s largest tech companies, provide law enforcement access to its users’ private data, not just in Britain but around the world. European regulators are no strangers to making demands that the rest of the world has to live with. In 2022, the […]
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s issue takes a look at the regulatory regime holding back the Los Angeles area’s wildfire rebuilding efforts. Stories include: California policymakers running in the opposite direction of productive property insurance reforms, Nightmare tales of past wildfire rebuilding efforts being strangled in red tape, […]
The Technocracy Movement was an offshoot of progressi Read More Article from Mises Institute
Growing up is the often painful process of coming to terms with the reality of one’s own limitations, and recognizing that it’s impossible to gain anything in life without hard work and sacrifice. Wisdom lies in recognizing that—as the economist Thomas Sowell would put it—getting what we want often requires a tradeoff. Children, particularly the children […]
In Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, the Mexican government is suing several of the most popular American firearm manufacturers in an attempt to hold them liable for violence committed by Mexican drug cartels in Mexico. The Mexican government seeks billions of dollars in damages and the imposition of extensive gun controls […]
In recent weeks, the Academic Freedom Podcast has released two new episodes focusing on campus free speech issues. First up was a conversation with Timothy Zick, the John Marshall Professor of Government and Citizenship at William & Mary Law School. He is the author most recently of Managed Dissent: The Law of Public Protests. The […]