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21 Jan The Myths Behind the “Capitalism Is Racist” Claim

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Though numerous studies prove the contrary, it is still widely assumed that capitalism perpetuates racism. Celebrities and academics incessantly broadcast the message that capitalism engenders racism. For example, recently on Twitter, superstar athlete Andre Iguodala informed his followers that capitalism cannot be divorced from racism:...

19 Jan Some Links

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(Don Boudreaux) TweetGeorge Will recognizes that members of today’s “woke” crowd display many of the same characteristics that they criticize in Donald Trump. A slice: Postmodernists say, with Nietzsche, that there are no facts, only interpretations — alternative “narratives” about reality. As Andrew Sullivan writes at...

19 Jan Why Is the Vaccine Distribution So Difficult?

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Imagine if food were allocated and distributed by the government. Wouldn’t this prevent hunger and famines, which have certainly killed more people than epidemics in the history of mankind? Most students of economics should have a ready answer. The opposite approach—that government allocation is more...

19 Jan Thomas Sowell vs The Left

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After last summer’s BLM protests, “experts” declared what America must do for black people: “reparations!", "abolish policing!", “socialism!”These are AWFUL ideas that will hurt blacks, says economist Thomas Sowell.----Don't miss the weekly video from Stossel TV. Sign up here: https://ift.tt/37hRbtg ——Sowell is brilliant and courageous....

19 Jan Crying ‘Whataboutism’ Doesn’t Make the Left’s Support for Rioting Go Away

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“Whataboutism is the last refuge for someone who can’t admit they’re wrong,” says journalist Tod Perry, who demands that we “stop equating Trump’s Capitol insurrection to Black Lives Matter protests.” The Atlantic’s David A. Graham likewise declares that conservatives’ “complaints about double standards are...

19 Jan Per Bylund: Silicon Valley Is Bad At Entrepreneurship.

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Key Takeaways and Actionable Insights Our goal at Economics For Business is to help entrepreneurs and their businesses succeed. Per Bylund and Hunter Hastings discuss the true implications of the current furor over the anti-market behavior of some of the Big Tech companies of Silicon Valley. They are...

19 Jan Bitcoin.com Founder Roger Ver Donates Two Major Gifts to the Foundation for Economic Education

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19th January 2020, St Kitts & Nevis & Atlanta — The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE.org) announced today that Bitcoin.com founder and early cryptocurrency investor Roger Ver has made two gifts totaling $2,000,000 in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to support FEE’s work in advancing individual liberty...

19 Jan Discussing The Essential Austrian Economics at FMF

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|Peter Boettke| Chris and I recorded this conversation earlier today with Chris Hattingh. They work quickly at FMF so the episode is already up. Thank you Chris H and Chris C for what I found an engaging conversation about the ideas of the Austrian School of...

19 Jan America, “a Force for Good”

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via Hoover DigestEconomics professor Glenn Loury sees not “systemic racism” but systemic problems—problems we can address without violence or attacks on American ideals. Read the Full Article here: >Hoover Institution...

17 Jan The Upside of Lockdowns: More Saving

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Rothbard: "At the outset of every step forward on the road to a more plentiful existence is saving….Without saving and capital accumulation there could not be any striving toward nonmaterial ends." Original Article: "The Upside of Lockdowns: More Saving" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by...