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 reason.com: To Cut Wasteful Spending, Start With Energy Subsidies -- https://tinyurl.com/2ady5xd2 -- Ending the government’s preferential treatment of energy technologies is the best way to ensure long-term economic and environmental sustainability. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Totalitarianism Begins with a Denial of Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/2yaocvyt -- Totalitarianism is not compatible with a functioning economic system based upon free exchange and private property. Such regimes depend upon historicism and logical relativism. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Politics and Economics of the Deep State Monopoly -- https://tinyurl.com/29aqvxez -- Episodes that made a difference involved an ideological and philosophical battle about policy and the role of government. That’s what the Mises Institute is all about–we’re in the business of idea bombs. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: FDA Recalls 80,000 Pounds of Costco Butter Over Missing Milk Allergy Warning -- https://tinyurl.com/28y28hdr -- Apparently consumers are too stupid to know that butter contains milk. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: The Context Behind Donald Trump’s “Takeover” of the American Right -- https://tinyurl.com/26mnn8xq -- While it is often framed in the media as a battle between principled conservatives and an angry, non-ideological movement focused solely on personal loyalty to Trump, the current civil war on the American right is only the latest chapter in a much older story. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Wanted: Critics of Austrian Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/2b568tuj -- Austrian economics today needs critics. It doesn‘t need the critics (like Paul Krugman) who cannot give valid and accurate criticisms, but rather people who actually understand the concepts upon which Austrian thinking is built provide a real challenge. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Spring 2025 Virtual Mises Book Club -- https://tinyurl.com/2xw3xttf -- In January 2025, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Trump Has No Discernible Interest in Fiscal Responsibility -- https://tinyurl.com/2ye8slpb -- The president-elect’s record and campaign positions belie Elon Musk’s talk of spending cuts. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Saint Elon -- https://tinyurl.com/2barcu3f -- Plus: Hegseth for defense secretary, updates from the Daniel Penny trial, and more... #liberty #news 
 reason.com: California Voters Opt for Orderly Urbanism on Election Day -- https://tinyurl.com/24koky9u -- Golden State voters decisively rejected progressive approaches to crime and housing. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Here Come the Awful Neocon Trump Appointments -- https://tinyurl.com/28vzhlzr -- The transition team is rapidly revealing that Trump never had any intention of fundamentally changing how the American Empire functions. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Democrats Are About to Rediscover the Value of the Filibuster -- https://tinyurl.com/22kquxhd -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal perfectly demonstrates the shamelessness of those who support ending the filibuster. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: More Rock and Roll, From My "Commonplace Book" -- https://tinyurl.com/2a6uvyzc -- Number 8 in a series of sense and nonsense from my files #liberty #news 
 mises.org: How the Bankers Outfoxed the Politicians -- https://tinyurl.com/2a5ynsds -- When the bankers called for a central bank in the US, they claimed to only want a way to stop bank runs. It turns out that they wanted—and got—much more. The permanent regime of inflation and asset bubbles is the result. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: The Corrupt Nature of DEI -- https://tinyurl.com/23nljs95 -- Even though DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) has been taking a beating with some state legislatures, it still has a corrupting influence, especially in higher education. As Murray Rothbard pointed out, egalitarians are “at war with nature.” #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Trump and Climate Change Policy -- https://tinyurl.com/22thxkau -- Expect the incoming Trump administration to withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Agreement on Day 1. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Your Kids Are Already Communist, and College Will Make It Worse -- https://tinyurl.com/25s8yseo -- Modern American culture is statist to the core. The typical school curriculum tells students that capitalism is evil and socialism is good, be the school private or government. And the anti-capitalist mentality only ramps up when students are in college. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Mom Jailed for Letting 10-Year-Old Walk Alone to Town -- https://tinyurl.com/257xb597 -- I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident, says Brittany Patterson. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Assumptions in Economics and in the Real World -- https://tinyurl.com/27x2lzuu -- Mainstream economists often base their analysis upon assumptions that do not square with reality. Austrian economics, on the other hand, is built upon realistic assumptions and the acknowledgement that good economics must reflect human action. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Mises on the Human and Financial Disaster that Was World War I. -- https://tinyurl.com/286n89vn -- On this day 106 years ago, the warring parties of World War I agreed to an armistice, ending more than four years of slaughter in the trenches. As Ludwig von Mises recalled, governments also slaughtered their own currencies to pay for the bloodshed. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: An Interview with Judge James C. Ho -- https://tinyurl.com/2bj6q8sa -- Q: Judge Amul Thapar of the Sixth Circuit recently criticized the law clerk hiring boycott that you and others launched…The post An Interview with Judge James C. Ho appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: The Classic Neocons Are Out, but They Might Still Get What They Want -- https://tinyurl.com/2c528n5l -- Even without Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley, the Trump administration still could be heading for regime change in the Middle East. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Federal Judge Rescinds Decision to Take Senior Status -- https://tinyurl.com/26w97a39 -- Donald Trump will have at least one less federal district court vacancy to fill. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: "Democrats Have Been Acting Like the Proverbial American Tourist in France, … -- https://tinyurl.com/23gjm4rh -- trying to get their point across by shouting louder in a language only they understand. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: A Debate Over the Open Fields Doctrine and Fourth Amendment Law -- https://tinyurl.com/2d5olrms -- Featuring comments from Joshua Windham, and my response. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Courts Are Coming for Digital Libraries -- https://tinyurl.com/26cmzynq -- A federal court recently said the Internet Archive is not protected by fair use doctrine. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: November 10, 1975 -- https://tinyurl.com/28cn62af -- 11/10/1975: Buckley v. Valeo argued.The post Today in Supreme Court History: November 10, 1975 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Can The Federal Courts Still Tar Trump With The Brush of Bigotry Against Muslims and Hispanics? -- https://tinyurl.com/2bqjoeug -- The 2024 election results suggest just the opposite. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Why Kamala Harris Lost the Election -- https://tinyurl.com/25xvc5vo -- While many are busy offering intellectually-deficient reasons as to why Kamala Harris lost—sexism, racism, Nazism, hatred of democracy—Lipton Matthews explains some simple truths as to why Harris lost. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: The Complex Legacy of George Orwell -- https://tinyurl.com/28lnsljk -- While most of us know George Orwell as an authoritative critic of totalitarianism, few people know he was a committed socialist and a lifelong defender of communist Leon Trotsky. While he understood totalitarianism, he never understood socialism. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: A Psychedelic Ban Would Disrupt Important Research -- https://tinyurl.com/249u8um5 -- Making DOI and DOC Schedule I drugs would interfere with psychiatric research. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: November 9, 1942 -- https://tinyurl.com/274cad2s -- 11/9/1942: Wickard v. Filburn decided.The post Today in Supreme Court History: November 9, 1942 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: All States are Empires of Lies -- https://tinyurl.com/27kage63 -- Most economists are political apologists masquerading as economists. They are Rothbard’s “court historians” with degrees in economics instead of history. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Historical Revisionism: What It Is and What It Is Not -- https://tinyurl.com/23q99ayz -- Historical revisionism is nothing new, and recent attempts to label an “antiracist” approach to history have wrongly been called “revisionist.” To better understand revisionism, one must first be grounded in reality, then apply reality-based thought to studying the past. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Want To Lower the Political Temperature? Make the Presidency Less Important -- https://tinyurl.com/2bfkm4w4 -- Congress needs to reassert its powers and bring the imperial presidency back down to earth. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: What Is Consent? -- https://tinyurl.com/2d6kauhc -- Buchanan and Tullock‘s The Calculus of Consent influentially applies economic ideas to politics, focusing on methodological individual. However, there are a few pitfalls about which readers should be aware. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Discrimination and Opportunities for Women -- https://tinyurl.com/2bat5dmz -- Wage differences between men and women often are automatically attributed to sex discrimination against women. However, as research has shown time and again, other factors are at work. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Arizona Voters Keep Libertarian Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick -- https://tinyurl.com/2a9n5btl -- He’ll be around to protect our freedom for a few more years. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Contrived Scarcity and Antitrust Lawsuits—“It’s Not a Bag, It’s a Birkin” -- https://tinyurl.com/26nsh37o -- Birkin bags are pricey and the producer restricts its potential buyers. Unfortunately, disgruntled customers who don‘t want to follow the company‘s rules are now appealing to US antitrust law to force Birkin to bend to their wishes. This is more evidence of the bankruptcy of antitrust law. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Smoking the Copium -- https://tinyurl.com/2y6nuhbk -- Plus: Lady chief of staff, violence in Amsterdam, and more... #liberty #news 
 reason.com: The Next President Should Abolish Everything -- https://tinyurl.com/25sb98mp -- In the Abolish Everything issue, Reason writers make the case for ending the Fed, the Army, Social Security, and everything else. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: National Elections Expose the Sham that Is Centralized "Democracy" -- https://tinyurl.com/2akhlxkk -- The current system is based on the idea that even if whole regions of the country vote overwhelmingly against a president, they are still forced to submit to four years of that president’s rule-by-decree. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Why Trump Routed the D.C. Establishment, Again -- https://tinyurl.com/2ccrknsz -- For the second time in eight years, Donald Trump defied the expectations of the “experts” and the ambitions of the ruling classes of Washington, D.C. James Bovard provides a brief tutorial on how Trump pulled off the impossible feat. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Promises, Promises -- https://tinyurl.com/2dec7mzm -- Donald Trump says he has enlisted Elon Musk to cut the federal government by one-third. However, most of the budget cannot be touched. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: How the Government Created Exorbitant Insulin Prices -- https://tinyurl.com/28jlo36r -- Insulin prices have skyrocketed in recent years, working a hardship on the growing number of diabetics in the US. Progressive politicians, naturally, blame the free market and want to impose price controls. However, government regulation is the reason insulin prices are so high. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: In Michigan, the CIA Beat the FBI -- https://tinyurl.com/27lq23hx -- Michiganders had to choose between a hawkish Democrat with an intelligence background and a hawkish Republican with an intelligence background for Senate. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Central Planning Won Big on Election Night -- https://tinyurl.com/29wvh829 -- The bipartisan embrace of industrial policy represents one of the most dangerous economic illusions of our time. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Trump Has Many Grudges. Now He Has a Chance To Act on Them. -- https://tinyurl.com/2azek8t9 -- In his second term, the former and future president will have more freedom to follow his worst instincts. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Entrepreneurial Profit Follows Good Decisions, Not Exploitation -- https://tinyurl.com/22peadue -- Employing the Labor Theory of Value, Marx claimed that entrepreneurial profits arise from exploitation of workers. In reality, entrepreneurs earn profits when they correctly gauge markets. Exploitation has nothing to do with it. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Slavery and Collective Guilt -- https://tinyurl.com/25zs85ln -- Modern progressives are obsessed with collective guilt, demanding that Americans pay reparations for slavery even though it ended in the US 160 years ago. However, by employing collective guilt and collective punishment, those seeking reparations violate natural law. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Sound Money Movement Chalks Up Seven State Legislative Victories in 2024 -- https://tinyurl.com/28xrl8ko -- Not all news from the gold and monetary fronts is bad. In fact, gold made a number of advancements in seven states, including exemptions from taxes and attempts by states to restrict Federal Reserve behavior. Gold is alive and well. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Markets Made of Glass—How the Fed Destroyed Economic Resilience -- https://tinyurl.com/2yzpzw59 -- For nearly 30 years, the Fed has pursued an easy money policy that has made the economy increasingly dependent upon the next round of “stimulus.” Reversing that policy will mean, at least in the short run, a stiff recession before the economy rebounds, which is a non-starter today. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: No Matter Who Wins, Half the Country Won’t Believe in the Election -- https://tinyurl.com/2dq5tzxh -- The 2024 election will provide few solutions to the underlying pressures eroding American political norms. Regardless of the outcome, half the country will feel like they live under an occupational government. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: No Matter Who Wins, Half the Country Won’t Believe in the Election -- https://tinyurl.com/2brxz7zr -- The 2024 election will provide few solutions to the underlying pressures eroding American political norms. Regardless of the outcome, half the country will feel like they live under an occupational government. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: If You Can Keep It -- https://tinyurl.com/2ak94he2 -- Plus: Joe Rogan, Whoopi Goldberg, Liz Cheney, and more... #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Mises on Predicting Election Outcomes -- https://tinyurl.com/25nvgpfp -- What would Mises say about election predictions like Donald Trump has a 53% chance of winning? #liberty #news 
 reason.com: The Peculiar Phenomenon of Libertarians Supporting Donald Trump -- https://tinyurl.com/2cn7ssrf -- Libertarians owe nothing to would-be authoritarians. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Government Goons Murder Internet-Famous Squirrel -- https://tinyurl.com/2ah6aesn -- Peanut the Squirrel charmed a large internet audience that helped fund an animal sanctuary. Then the government seized him. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: A Brief History of Tariffs and Stock Market Crises -- https://tinyurl.com/23kz4a2j -- Tariffs don‘t just raise consumer prices. They also affect capital flows and on numerous occasions have triggered stock market crises. What tariffs don‘t bring is prosperity. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Does the Fed’s Lowering the Interest Rates Strengthen Economic Growth? -- https://tinyurl.com/23y7d6qk -- The Fed lowers interest rates ostensibly to “stimulate” the economy. But while the Fed claims it is strengthening the economy, it actually weakens it through its easy money policies. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Nobody Trusts Congress, but Americans Keep Reelecting the Same People -- https://tinyurl.com/24lfv3v3 -- Increasingly like-minded communities make incumbent lawmakers safer than ever. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: CNN Panelist Claims That Donald Trump Caused Charlottesville Attack -- https://tinyurl.com/25cg5p58 -- The punch line: It was a panel on the dangers of misinformation. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Citizen Journalism Is Under Attack. This Texas Woman Is Fighting to Save It. -- https://tinyurl.com/25ocy5tx -- After being arrested for doing journalism, Priscilla Villarreal has taken her fight to the courts. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: November 2, 1845 -- https://tinyurl.com/22jmeoz9 -- 11/2/2010: Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association argued.The post Today in Supreme Court History: November 2, 1845 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Free Speech Unmuted: Protests, Public Pressure Campaigns, Tort Law, and the First Amendment -- https://tinyurl.com/23x2hrde -- The latest podcast episode from Prof. Jane Bambauer (Florida) and me. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Lessons from Reconstruction -- https://tinyurl.com/23z2smr8 -- Using state power to enforce social orthodoxy is always a recipe for disaster. Radical Republican governments in the post-war South attempted to do just that, sowing seeds of hatred and discord in the process. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Reflections on Lecturing on Immigration Policy in Switzerland -- https://tinyurl.com/2ar9nloq -- Ove the last few days, I gave two talks on immigration in Switzerland. Here are some reflections on that experience. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Us-Versus-Them: The Pronouns of Populism -- https://tinyurl.com/28444n2v -- Populism’s pronoun usage taps into the darker elements of the human condition. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Your Right To Booze Could Be Impacted No Matter Who Wins the Presidential Election -- https://tinyurl.com/2y5bbmo2 -- From tariffs to dietary guidelines, this election may bring the biggest federal changes to alcohol since Prohibition’s end. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Private-Sector Jobs Went Negative in October. Will the Fed Panic Again? -- https://tinyurl.com/29lvk7aa -- For the first time since 2020, private-sector employment fell, with full-time jobs dropping yet again. Will the Fed rush to stimulate the economy? #liberty #news 
 mises.org: The Reality of Red-State Fascism -- https://tinyurl.com/2bdt8u3m -- The sweep of history shows that there are two main dangers to liberty, one that comes from the left and the other that comes from the right. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Voters Like Early Voting and Voter ID, No Matter What Politicians Say -- https://tinyurl.com/2xua9ma3 -- Majorities of Americans want casting a ballot to be easy and secure. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: The Indian Rope Trick -- https://tinyurl.com/26t6n3mr -- The political theorist Anthony de Jasay takes on the left‘s ideas of equality, and David Gordon is there to agree—and disagree. Jasay likens the left‘s view of equality to the Indian Rope Trick. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: The Indian Rope Trick -- https://tinyurl.com/2y5jxpzg -- The political theorist Anthony de Jasay takes on the left‘s ideas of equality, and David Gordon is there to agree—and disagree. Jasay likens the left‘s view of equality to the Indian Rope Trick. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: The Wife Vote -- https://tinyurl.com/277zcbvu -- Plus: RFK Jr. as health czar, a Miami update, Martha Stewart is pissed, and more... #liberty #news 
 mises.org: “Victory Plan” or Deadly Delusion? Zelensky’s Perilous Five-Point Plan -- https://tinyurl.com/265mc94q -- The darling of America‘s political elites, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, now touts a “Five-Point Plan” that surely will extend the war and ultimately make his country even worse off. It is time to end this farce. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: The Establishment Media is Unaware of Its Growing Irrelevance -- https://tinyurl.com/2bzkogqy -- The corporate media has no idea how little we rely on them. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Countries With Economic Freedom Are Far Better Off -- https://tinyurl.com/2c6blr7w -- Even the poorest citizens of free countries fare better than the middle classes in economically repressive nations. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Newspaper Endorsements Die in Daylight -- https://tinyurl.com/2ay68jog -- More than presidential politics or #AnticipatoryObedience, economics is to blame (or thank) for the long, slow death of a publishing anachronism. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: The Story About THC-Laced Halloween Candy Shifts From Malevolent Strangers to Careless Parents -- https://tinyurl.com/26gj968k -- The change in official warnings and news coverage reflects the dearth of evidence that malicious pranksters are trying to dose trick-or-treaters. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Compendium of Writings About the 2024 Election and Issues at Stake -- https://tinyurl.com/25bsbakv -- Links to all my writings on these topics. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: How Intellectual Property Laws Stifle Innovation -- https://tinyurl.com/2ca27wnu -- Supporters of intellectual property laws claim that people will not innovate unless they are protected by such legislation. In reality, people are more likely to be innovative when they encounter real free markets, not markets characterized by artificial scarcity. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Gold Is Back—And So Is Judy Shelton -- https://tinyurl.com/28stecru -- Despite claims from the Keynesian “experts” that gold is a “barbarous relic,” the markets are saying that gold is more valuable than ever. In her new book, economist Judy Shelton advocates for gold once again to serve as money. Perhaps it is time to listen to her. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Musa al-Gharbi: How Woke Elites Became Out of Touch -- https://tinyurl.com/2awzjjb7 -- The Stony Brook sociologist discusses how progressives are having a hard time processing why more and more black and Latino voters are supporting Donald Trump. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: What "Capitalism" Really Means -- https://tinyurl.com/24w8txfs -- Capitalism is characterized by the private ownership of capital, coming from Lockean homesteading principles, and not from state coercion and force. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Will Tuesday Vote Counts Be Another Sham Biden-Harris Statistic? -- https://tinyurl.com/26xzl2gl -- In less than a week, the voters allegedly will choose a new president. However, will the process have integrity or just be a sham in which ballot boxes in key precincts are stuffed? If the voting numbers are like the fake statistics the Biden-Harris administration produces, we might wonder. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Feds Admit Fossil Fuels Are Still the Cheapest -- https://tinyurl.com/22vkzvzs -- A Department of Energy analysis found natural gas is the cheapest residential energy source on the market. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Voters in 5 States Will Decide Whether To Legalize Marijuana or Psychedelics Next Week -- https://tinyurl.com/2a7mtcoc -- The ballot initiatives would allow recreational marijuana use in Florida and the Dakotas, authorize medical marijuana in Nebraska, and decriminalize five natural psychedelics in Massachusetts. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: The Establishment Media is Unaware of its Growing Irrelevance -- https://tinyurl.com/22swn2tx -- The outcry from establishment media figures following the decision by the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times to not endorse a presidential candidate shows how out of touch they have become about how much we rely on them. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Trump Is Not Thoughtful Enough To Be a Fascist -- https://tinyurl.com/25e5avb8 -- The Republican presidential candidate’s views do not reflect any unifying principle other than self-interest. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: This Election Has Been Defined by Presidential Policy Pandering -- https://tinyurl.com/2aj8rwz2 -- From taxes to special loans to price gouging, the Trump and Harris campaigns have engaged in a race to see who can pander hardest. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Unjust Reparations Will Not Empower Justice -- https://tinyurl.com/2bhb85q6 -- With Kamala Harris announcing she is open to imposing “reparations for slavery” if elected president, it is time to take a hard look at the injustice that would be part of this scheme. There is no way to fashion a just outcome out of it. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Nine Months of Javier Milei as President of Argentina: A Critical Assessment -- https://tinyurl.com/2y89b7uz -- Support him or oppose him, Javier Milei does not invoke a neutral response from anyone. For Austrian economists, Milei has made some genuine free-market moves, but also has imposed questionable policies elsewhere. The verdict remains to be pronounced. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: If Kamala Harris Wants To Lower Energy Costs in Puerto Rico, She Should Support the Repeal of the Jones Act -- https://tinyurl.com/225lzxgm -- For decades, the Jones Act has increased costs and hurt grid reliability in Puerto Rico. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: How Trump and Harris Meaningfully Differ -- https://tinyurl.com/29mbuxsg -- Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are closet Trump voters within the halls of Reason. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Why Austrian Business Cycle Theory Is Better than Keynesianism -- https://tinyurl.com/2xqnjpsr -- As the Federal Reserve engineers one financial bubble after another, we are reminded that the Austrian Business Cycle Theory explains what is happening and how there is a better way. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Who Sets the Prices for Goods? -- https://tinyurl.com/28m5kgol -- The common perception is that businesses set prices at a level that always earns them profits. However, as Carl Menger first pointed out in 1871, the process of determining value and setting prices is different than what is commonly believed. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: October 28, 1787 -- https://tinyurl.com/25ldb8qw -- 10/28/1787: James Wilson gives speech to the Pennsylvania ratification convention, arguing that there was no need for a Bill of…The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 28, 1787 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: This Political Season, Americans Need To Chill Out -- https://tinyurl.com/28fsco7m -- People are letting politics poison relationships, workplaces, and our whole society. #liberty #news 
 mises.org: Boom Versus Growth: Why the ABCT Is Superior to Keynesianism -- https://tinyurl.com/29mrcrro -- As the Federal Reserve engineers one financial bubble after another, we are reminded that the Austrian Business Cycle Theory explains what is happening and how there is a better way. This stands against Keynesianism, which leads an economy to ruin. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: Brickbat: Good Dog, Bad Cop -- https://tinyurl.com/2yw9wyqf -- Center, Colorado, Police Chief Aaron Fresquez and his twin brother Sgt. Adam Fresquez have been charged with theft; Aaron Fresquez…The post Brickbat: Good Dog, Bad Cop appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news 
 reason.com: The Sindex: Airfares Have Fallen Below Prepandemic Levels -- https://tinyurl.com/2aghd56h -- The Reason Sindex tracks the price of vice: smoking, drinking, snacking, traveling, and more. #liberty #news