Monthly Archive: June 2025

Robotaxi Race: Tesla is Behind the Curve

2025-06-17

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2025-06-17

Tesla’s robotaxi service, tentatively set to launch June 22, 2025, lags behind Waymo’s established operations, which deliver 250,000 weekly rides across multiple U.S. cities. Elon Musk’s cautious approach, driven by safety concerns, has delayed the rollout of Tesla's robotaxi service. However, Tesla’s long-term strategy could position it to overtake competitors. Waymo, backed by Alphabet’s $5 …

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How to Protect Your Wealth During Market Downturns

2025-06-17

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2025-06-17

Economic downturns are an inevitable part of the financial cycle. For affluent investors, protecting wealth in recession periods is not just about weathering the storm but strategically positioning assets to avoid major losses and seize long-term opportunities. Whether it's a bear market, economic contraction, or sudden geopolitical shifts, understanding how to implement a solid financial …

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The Young Rothbard: An Uncomfortable Neoclassical Economist

2025-06-17

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2025-06-17

Before he revolutionized economics, Rothbard mastered the mainstream. Salerno traces Rothbard's path from neoclassical insider to Austrian iconoclast.

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DeRensis: Zionism Is Not an American Principle

2025-06-17

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2025-06-17

Hunter DeRensis writes at The American Conservative, "Israel is a rogue nuclear state that is aggressive abroad and despotic at home."

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Switzerland regains crown as world’s most competitive nation

2025-06-17

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2025-06-17

Switzerland has been ranked as the most competitive country in the world, having lost the title to Nordic and Asian rivals in recent years. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to an annual study by the Lausanne-based IMD business school, Switzerland has pushed Singapore and Hong Kong into second and …

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The Certifiers Rule, So Be Prepared

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

In a true free market economy, credentials would not matter, and certainly not to the extent that they matter today. Credentialism, unfortunately, is a product of government interventionism.

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Does the “Economy” Actually Exist?

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

We speak of the “economy” as though it produces goods. Yet, the term really is a fiction, as purposeful individuals working in cooperation with each other are the real producers.

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Is Japan entering a recession?

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

Japan's economy contracted at a higher pace than expected in the first quarter of 2025, according to official data for the January to March period released on Friday.

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Investors Take Israel-Iran Conflict in Stride: Gold, Oil, and the Dollar are Softer

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

Overview:  After inflicting damage on Iran's proxies (Hamas and Hezbollah), Israel turned to Iran itself following the IAEA's finding that Tehran was in violation of its uranium-enrichment targets. The war continues. The US reportedly helped Israel shoot down missiles aimed at it, but so far Russia, which signed a defense pact with Iran earlier this …

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Napolitano: Trump’s deploying Nat Guard and Marines is an assault on federalism.

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

The deployment of California National Guard troops and active-duty U.S. Marines onto the streets of Los Angeles without local approval is an assault on federalism.

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Israel And Iran: Is This Time Different For Oil Prices?

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

Crude oil prices spiked by over $10 on the initial news that Israel was bombing Iran's nuclear facilities and targeting its key military leaders. The price surge should be expected, given that Iran accounts for slightly over 3% of global production and, more importantly, holds 12% of the world's proven crude oil reserves. For context, …

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The Iran-Israel Conflict And The Likely Impact On The Market

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

The Iran-Israel conflict and equity markets are now in sharp focus. As direct strikes escalated in June 2025, global financial markets responded immediately. Israel’s airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and energy infrastructure triggered retaliatory missile and drone attacks from Iran. The Dow dropped nearly 2%, the S&P 500 lost over 1%, and oil prices surged by …

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Economists slash Swiss GDP growth forecasts

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

Following an increase in exports to the United States in the first quarter, the Swiss economy is bracing itself for a tariff backlash. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In particular, dark clouds are gathering over the economic outlook for 2026. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) has lowered its …

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Hegseth won’t rule out military actions against Greenland, Panama

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

Because keeping the US involved in only 2 hot wars isn't enough to please the war party.

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What’s a Fair Wage?

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

Arbitrary and undefined terms like “fair wage” and “living wage” fundamentally misunderstand the nature of work how wages are determined.

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US Intelligence Says Iran Is ‘Not Building a Nuclear Weapon’

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

" The IC continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program."

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Crypto Giants to Gain EU Access as Regulator Tensions Rise

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

Two of the world’s largest cryptocurrency firms are on the verge of securing licenses to operate across the European Union, as tensions rise among regulators over the pace and stringency of certain countries’ approval processes, according to sources familiar with the matter. Under the EU’s new Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, which came into effect earlier this year, member states are authorised to issue licenses that permit crypto firms...

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Only Bitcoin and Gold Can Stop Governments from Destroying the Currency

2025-06-15

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2025-06-15

Bitcoin and gold are now playing the essential role that central banks should be enforcing.

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Reviving Catholic Liberalism

2025-06-14

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2025-06-14

Following the overtly anti-capitalist papacy of Pope Francis, one asks if Pope Leo XIV will follow his predecessor or steer the Roman Catholic Church‘s leadership back toward economic liberty and natural law. One hopes it is the latter.

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The Utility of a Father in a Financialized World

2025-06-14

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2025-06-14

With Fathers Day approaching, fatherhood is one more casualty of American progressivism, resulting in many social pathologies. Unfortunately, many conservatives and progressives seem united in the belief that the situation requires more government intervention.

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