The US's non-Israel Middle Eastern allies (i.e., the Gulf dictatorship states) apparently still are not concerned that an all-out US attack would be bad news for the Gulf states.
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Why Jerome Powell — not Trump — will decide when the...
" Jerome Powell has said that he would serve as 'chair pro tem' until his successor is confirmed. So Powell could sue, suggesting that he, not Miran, is chair. It's quite messy..."
According to Rothbard’s first law of incidence, “ no tax can be shifted forward.” That is, the person or company paying the tax cannot make the buyer pay the tax.
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Raico, Ekirch, and the Tragedy of American Militarism
In dealing with the question of why the United States, a country founded on liberty, turned into a militaristic behemoth, Ralph Raico looked to the work of historian Arthur Ekirch for answers.
“ The problem that I have here is that we had some U.S. attorney … thinking it would be cute to bring Chair Powell under an investigation just a few months before the position was going to be open.”
Whenever there is an economic problem, politicians in knee-jerk response blame private monopolies. The problem isn’t monopolies; the problem is government.
The notion that AI can take over an economy is fantasy. A market economy is not made up of competing algorithms but rather sets of prices that lead to discovery.
What looks like market strength may be a delayed reckoning. Mark Thornton explains the signals, the Fed’s playbook, and where the next bust is likely to hit first.
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Jesus and the Christian Socialist’s Problem of Evil
Those who invoke Jesus for socialism face a tension: if the power to end suffering creates a moral obligation, then the Jesus who healed many but not all appears, by that standard, either unwilling or unable.
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Jesus and the Christian Socialist’s Problem of Evil
Those who invoke Jesus for socialism face a tension: if the power to end suffering creates a moral obligation, then the Jesus who healed many but not all appears, by that standard, either unwilling or unable.
Far from being what Keynes called that “barbarous relic,” gold has been important throughout history, and to the present day. Joakim Book reviews The Secret History of Gold: Myth, Money, Politics & Power.
As the socialistic Canadian medical system runs aground, the government actively promotes physician-assisted suicide as a way to save the system and promoting “die with dignity” at the same time.