Axe the Bank of Portugal Before It Does More Harm
The Federal Reserve is not the only central bank in the world Read More Article from Mises Institute
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Yes, Tariffs Are Raising Prices
In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick bragged about the “amazing” revenue that the Trump administration’s tariffs are delivering to the U.S. Treasury. “The tariff revenues are amazing: $700 billion a year,” Lutnick told Shannon Bream. “That’s just net new money the government never had before. You take that for […]
Don’t Ship Weapons to Troubled Hot Spots
Once he took office, Trump continued Bid Read More Article from Mises Institute
The Banking Industry’s Grand Ponzi Scheme
Economist Richard Werner explains to Tucker Carlson. The post The Banking Industry’s Gran Read More Article from LewRockwell
Mistaking Adherence to Formalist Principle for Appeasement
Earlier this month I participated in a Supreme Court term wrap-up event at the National Constitution Center (co-sponsored by Texas A&M’s Center for the Structural Constitution). On a separate panel, Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck suggested the Supreme Court’s failure to confront and constrain the Trump Administration amounted to appeasement, and to be sure no […]
Why Does the Government Run Air Traffic Control?
Air traffic control is probably something you don’t spend much time thinking about—but when you board an airplane, you really want it to work. Unfortunately, the American air traffic control system is kind of a mess right now. It relies on outdated technology and is beset by staffing shortages. Fixing those problems is essential, but […]
How Sports Tickets Got So Expensive—Or Did They?
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Be sure to park your train in a spot with a great view today—especially if you can find a great view of a game, because we’re starting off this newsletter with higher prices for sports tickets. Then we’ll talk about regulations on college sports coming out […]
Washington Takes on the BRICS
Well, it took long enough for the White House and the policy cliques to notice even the existence of the BRICS, the group of non–Western nations named for its first members. For many years after Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa coalesced to form this loose but formidable association, in the last years of […]
Setting the Record Straight on Masking Rules at George Mason University
George Mason University, where I teach, is embroiled in federal civil rights investigations over how it has handled campus antisemitism, and over racial preferences in hiring and admissions. Various members of the faculty and faculty institutions, notably the local chapter of the AAUP and the Faculty Senate, have risen in defense of President Gregory Washington. […]
Shooting at Blackstone, NFL, KPMG Building
Past security:Â A gunman walked into a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan yesterday evening and began shooting, killing four people and injuring a fifth. Three of the people were killed in the building’s lobby, including a New York City Police Department officer, 36-year-old Didarul Islam. The fourth person was killed on the 33rd floor. Among the dead […]
Yes, Tariffs Are Raising Prices
In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick bragged about the “amazing” revenue that the Trump administration’s tariffs are delivering to the U.S. Treasury. “The tariff revenues are amazing: $700 billion a year,” Lutnick told Shannon Bream. “That’s just net new money the government never had before. You take that for […]
Don’t Ship Weapons to Troubled Hot Spots
Once he took office, Trump continued Bid Read More Article from Mises Institute
The Banking Industry’s Grand Ponzi Scheme
Economist Richard Werner explains to Tucker Carlson. The post The Banking Industry’s Gran Read More Article from LewRockwell
Mistaking Adherence to Formalist Principle for Appeasement
Earlier this month I participated in a Supreme Court term wrap-up event at the National Constitution Center (co-sponsored by Texas A&M’s Center for the Structural Constitution). On a separate panel, Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck suggested the Supreme Court’s failure to confront and constrain the Trump Administration amounted to appeasement, and to be sure no […]
Why Does the Government Run Air Traffic Control?
Air traffic control is probably something you don’t spend much time thinking about—but when you board an airplane, you really want it to work. Unfortunately, the American air traffic control system is kind of a mess right now. It relies on outdated technology and is beset by staffing shortages. Fixing those problems is essential, but […]
How Sports Tickets Got So Expensive—Or Did They?
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Be sure to park your train in a spot with a great view today—especially if you can find a great view of a game, because we’re starting off this newsletter with higher prices for sports tickets. Then we’ll talk about regulations on college sports coming out […]
Washington Takes on the BRICS
Well, it took long enough for the White House and the policy cliques to notice even the existence of the BRICS, the group of non–Western nations named for its first members. For many years after Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa coalesced to form this loose but formidable association, in the last years of […]
Setting the Record Straight on Masking Rules at George Mason University
George Mason University, where I teach, is embroiled in federal civil rights investigations over how it has handled campus antisemitism, and over racial preferences in hiring and admissions. Various members of the faculty and faculty institutions, notably the local chapter of the AAUP and the Faculty Senate, have risen in defense of President Gregory Washington. […]
Shooting at Blackstone, NFL, KPMG Building
Past security:Â A gunman walked into a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan yesterday evening and began shooting, killing four people and injuring a fifth. Three of the people were killed in the building’s lobby, including a New York City Police Department officer, 36-year-old Didarul Islam. The fourth person was killed on the 33rd floor. Among the dead […]