Monthly Archive: May 2025

The True History of World War II

2025-05-17

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Ron Unz critically reassesses the established narrative of World War II.

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Resurrection of the Skyscraper Curse?

2025-05-17

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2025-05-17

With the resurrection of Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower project set for completion around 2027, could another global economic crisis be imminent?

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How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Scott Horton explains how US foreign policy disasters threaten peace, prosperity, and freedom.

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False Virtue: The Phony Rationale for American Military Imperialism

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Tom DiLorenzo exposes the dangerous "Treasury of Virtue" that justifies endless wars and imperialism.

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The Real Israel vs. Hasbara History

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Ilana Mercer addresses Israel’s "Hasbara" myths, exposing harsh truths behind Gaza’s suffering—and the moral complicity of America in enabling atrocities.

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Anarchy, State, and Bader

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes us through the high points of Robert Nozick by Ralf M. Bader, who writes favorably about Anarchy, State, and Utopia. In fact, Dr. Gordon believes Bader has made important contributions to libertarian thought.

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The Attack on the USS <em>Liberty</em>

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Phillip Tourney provides a first-hand account of the 1967 USS Liberty incident.

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The Marshall Plan Slush Fund: Cronyism for US Exporters

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Did the Marshall Plan save Europe or enrich crony capitalists? Patrick Newman discusses how corporate welfare, hidden deals, and corruption shaped postwar policy, with effects still felt today.

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Charles Beard and American Foreign Policy

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

David Gordon explores historian Charles Beard’s forgotten warnings and their lasting lessons on liberty and foreign policy.

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US to Impose Tariffs in 2-3 Weeks as Administration “Lacks Capacity” to Negotiate with Everyone

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Overview: While the US dollar is a little softer today against the G10 currencies, it remains mostly within Wednesday's range. The yen is a notable exception. It made a new high for the week despite the contraction in Q1 25 GDP. Most emerging market currencies are firmer. The markets have not reacted to a statement …

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Bank Regulators Will Help The Treasury

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Per an article in the Financial Times titled US Poised To Dial Back Rules Imposed In Wake of 2008 Crisis, US bank regulators are preparing to reduce bank capital requirements. Of particular interest to the bond market is the supplementary leverage ratio, better known as SLR.

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The Revisionist Economic History of the Civil War

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Why did the South lose the Civil War? Mark Thornton argues Vicksburg—not Gettysburg—was key, revealing how Confederate economic failures sealed their fate.

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Corporate Stock Buybacks – Do They Affect Markets?

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Fisher Investments recently wrote an interesting article asking whether corporate stock buybacks affect markets. Here is their conclusion: "Yes and no? Stocks move on supply and demand. Stock buybacks, where a company buys and takes shares off the market, theoretically reduce supply.

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Engines of Destruction in the Great War: Artillery, Society, War Finance, and the Emergence of the Total State

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Hunt Tooley reveals how artillery, arms dealers, and bankers turned war into profitable, prolonged carnage.

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MMT, Chartalism, and the Colonial Experience

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

The MMT crowd now claims that the monetary history of the US is an example of chartalism. US history is actually an example of the opposite.

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The Package Deal of “Circumstantial Exploitation”

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

Adlai Stevenson said that, “A hungry man is not a free man.” Many assume free exchange is invalid unless a basic level of wealth is achieved by the parties, but this is an error.

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From Leninism to Social Democracy: A Guide to Socialist Models

2025-05-16

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2025-05-16

While Democratic Socialism is the darling of the political left, all forms of socialism have come from the brutal model first imposed upon Russia in 1917.

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To Make Flying Safe, Make Air Traffic Control a Profit-Seeking Business

2025-05-15

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2025-05-15

With the recent collapse of air traffic control systems at Newark International Airport, air safety again is in the news. The problem is that the US ATC system is run on socialist principles. To fix this problem, turn to private enterprise.

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Despite Trump’s bold claims, medicine prices in Europe won’t rise anytime soon

2025-05-15

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2025-05-15

The US president’s “most-favored nation” executive order signed on Monday intends to change this by tying US drug prices to those paid by other developed countries. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Listen to the article...

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St Moritz most expensive Swiss address for luxury homes

2025-05-15

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2025-05-15

Luxury real estate: St. Moritz is the most expensive municipality in Switzerland Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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