Monthly Archive: June 2025

Price Inflation Moves Up Slightly, and Wages Still Aren’t Keeping Up

2025-06-12

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How Bitcoin Became a Weapon: A Critique of Jason Lowery’s Softwar from the Austrian Perspective

2025-06-12

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2025-06-12

Bitcoin’s power lies not in being wielded by geopolitical superpowers. Turning it into a “national strategic asset” undermines its very essence. If bitcoin is to remain a tool of freedom, it must resist becoming a tool of empire.

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Dubai chocolate trend leaves Swiss chocolatiers competing for pistachios 

2025-06-12

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2025-06-12

The TikTok-fuelled popularity of Dubai chocolate has prompted Swiss chocolate companies to develop their own versions, spiking demand for pistachios. Dubai chocolate was created in 2021 by British-Egyptian entrepreneur Sarah Hamouda, the founder of Dubai-based FIX Dessert Chocolatier. The chocolate filled with pistachio cream, tahini and kadayif (crispy pastry threads often used in oriental desserts) …

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Remembering the Crimes of Totalitarian States

2025-06-12

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2025-06-12

One of the most pernicious legacies of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao is that any political leader responsible for less than, say, three or four million deaths is let off the hook. This hardly seems right, and it was not always so.

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The Weaponization of Media Access Did Not Suddenly Start with Trump

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

What the “legacy” media is trying to present as a brand-new authoritarian crackdown on the press is only a more visible version of how the federal government has attempted to control public opinion for nearly a century.

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Myanmar: The Tragedy of Socialism and Military Dictatorship

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

Myanmar has been a textbook case of the tragedies of socialism. While people are familiar with Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who tried to lead the nation to democracy and a market economy, the nation is better known for military dictatorship and political and economic repression.

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What Keeps Us Safe?

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

On your computer monitor, your table lamp, or the label on your hair dryer, you will see the symbol "UL" with a circle around it. It stands for Underwriters Laboratories, a firm headquartered in Northbrook, Ill., and an unsung hero of the market economy.

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The Dutch Model of Secession, Commercial Freedom, and Religious Tolerance

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

The old Dutch republic was a case of commerce producing tolerance, producing harmony, producing a willingness to interact for the mutual benefit.

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Bishop Checkmates Lincoln

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

Bishop sees in the rise of the Republican Party, culminating in Lincoln’s election, the beginning of a Marxist revolution.

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Scholar Spotlight—Łukasz Jasiński

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

I became interested in the question of whether a true market in healthcare can work. I think it is a fantastically interesting subject. It has been the focus of my PhD work.

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MAGA, MAHA, and Our Growing Health Bureaucracy

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

It’s the master of public health awardees who are running public health. An MPH is a two-year degree which does not require you to have any prior training in health, in biology, or in medicine. It’s primarily focused on the use of big data and statistical analysis.

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The Public Health Bureaucracy: Enemy of the Public, Enemy of Health

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

We can run society according to the rules of private property and freedom, or we can run it by bureaucratic decree, and the covid episode reminded us of just how important that choice is.

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Public Enemies: Government Bureaucrats as Societal Parasites

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

Governments at all levels play the same game—always threatening to eliminate school buses, police departments, ambulances, garbage collection—whatever can succeed in bringing the voters or appropriation committee members to their senses and increasing taxes and spending.

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From the Editor—May / June 2025

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

The federal bureaucracy has been called a “headless fourth branch of government.” So long as this unchecked army of bureaucrats, technocrats, and deep-state operatives is allowed free rein, it will be impossible to make progress in limiting the state’s power over individuals.

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Ho-Hum Market Reaction to US-China Agreement: US CPI and 10-year Note Auction Next Up

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

Overview: The dollar is mostly a little firmer against the G10 currencies, though the euro and Swiss franc are notable exceptions but barely. US and Chinese negotiators have reportedly reached a joint understanding of the Geneva Agreement, but the impact on the foreign exchange market appears marginal at best. The dollar's consolidative tone against the …

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The Google AI Buildout In Plain English

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

On May 20th, Google CEO Sundar Pichai updated the public on the company's progress on its AI development as follows: We are now processing 480 trillion monthly tokens, a nearly 50X increase in just one. Over 7 million developers are now building with the Gemini API, a 5x growth since last I.O., and our enterprise … Continue reading...

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Deficits And The Tradeoffs Required To Fix Them

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

By falling significantly short of its intended savings goals, the DOGE program underscores the substantial challenges that hinder efforts to reduce federal spending and cut the deficit. Furthermore, its failure suggests that a more expedient way to reduce the deficit might be to increase federal revenue. Thus, we pose the simple hypothetical question: What if …

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Laut dem neuen Betrugsbekämpfungsbericht von Bitget verursachten KI-basierte Betrugsfälle im Jahr 2024 Krypto-Verluste in Höhe von 4,6 Milliarden US-Dollar

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

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Datwyler to close Ohio site putting 70 jobs at risk

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

The Uri-based industrial group Datwyler is streamlining its production network in the US. The closure of one site in Ohio will probably result in the loss of the vast majority of the 70 or so jobs there. Datwyler announced on Wednesday that the production and sales activities at the Vandalia site in Ohio will be … Continue...

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The Weaponization of Media Access Did Not Suddenly Start with Trump

2025-06-11

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2025-06-11

What the “legacy” media is trying to present as a brand-new authoritarian crackdown on the press is only a more visible version of how the federal government has attempted to control public opinion for nearly a century.

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