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20 Jul Woke Language

Posted at 22:06h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

It's as if America is moving toward "1984," George Orwell's novel, in which government controls people's thoughts by creating a new language, Newspeak. Have you noticed how our language is changing? At a congressional hearing on “Birthing While Black,” nearly every politician used the words “birthing...

20 Jul Fiat Money Economies Are Built on Lies

Posted at 09:56h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Now and then, it pays to take a step back to get a broader perspective on things, to look beyond the daily financial news, to see through the short-term ups and downs in the market to find out what is really at the heart of the...

20 Jul Understanding the Covid-19 Recession

Posted at 09:56h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Almost everything about the policy response to Covid-19 has been unprecedented. The U.S. economy’s loss of production dwarfs that of the 2007-2009 Great Recession. In fact, the current recession briefly caused a 10% loss of real GDP, with unemployment rising as high as 15%. Table 1....

19 Jul Cuba Demoted to “Not Real Socialism”

Posted at 21:15h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

If the Socialist Party of Great Britain is an authority on such things, it is official: in light of recent anti-communist protests and civil unrest, Cuba has been demoted to “Not Real Socialism” and reclassified, along with the USSR and other failed socialist experiments, as...

19 Jul Study Finds Economic Prosperity is Associated With a Cleaner Environment

Posted at 21:12h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The climate activist and Time Magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year Greta Thunberg made the following remark at the 2019 U.N. Climate Action Summit, You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet, I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are...

19 Jul How Bitcoin Helps The Fight For Human Rights

Posted at 21:11h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Join Students For Liberty and Human Rights Foundation on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at 2 PM EDT to discuss the role of Bitcoin in the global fight for human rights. Dr. Wolf von Laer, chief executive officer at Students For Liberty, and Alex Gladstein, chief...

19 Jul Beware of Totalitarian Scare-Mongering

Posted at 21:10h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The most iconic line from The Godfather is, “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” Don Corleone wasn’t horsing around. The Hollywood producer to whom this ‘offer’ was made was threatened with terrible consequences if he refused to accept it. The Don’s ‘offer’...

19 Jul Beware of Any Government-Engineered “Easy Choice”

Posted at 21:10h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetIn my latest column for AIER, I warn against heeding the authoritarian advice of the innumerate Washington Post columnist Leana Wen. A slice: The most iconic line from The Godfather is, “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” Don Corleone wasn’t horsing around. The...

19 Jul Sweden: Lessons for America? – Trailer

Posted at 21:08h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

It’s been suggested that Americans would be better off if the United States was more like Sweden. Do Swedes know something we don’t? Join Swedish native and scholar Johan Norberg as he explores his homeland’s economic and social landscape in Sweden: Lessons for America? The...

19 Jul Cuba Libre: Protestors call for an end to communism and oppression

Posted at 21:05h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

As Cubans take to the streets to protest the country’s government, Internet access has been cut off to “quell dissent” and President Joe Biden’s spokesperson has issued a clear message to refugees fleeing Communist Cuba: “You are not welcome.” […] Read More… Cubans are taking to the...