Monthly Archive: June 2025

Trump Calls for an End to Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial

2025-06-27

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2025-06-27

President Trump called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to come to an end in a strong show of support for the Israeli leader.

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What the Modern Luddites Miss: Technology Makes Us Wealthier

2025-06-27

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2025-06-27

Contrary to the expectation of the Luddites, we have only become wealthier than before and workers today enjoy much higher standards of living than workers in the past.

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Fumes of a Failed System: Bolivia’s Gasoline Crisis

2025-06-27

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2025-06-27

Bolivians are finding out the hard way that socialist energy means price controls, and price controls mean fuel shortages and long gas station lines. Socialism excels in unkept promises and Bolivia is no exception to that rule.

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How the Fed Made Housing Unaffordable

2025-06-27

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2025-06-27

Unfortunately, central bankers can‘t wave a magic wand and make price inflation disappear while the same central bankers also push easy money to force down interest rates.

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Will New York City Become the New Socialist Paradise?

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

Socialist mayoral candidate Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City on promises to vastly expand government control of housing and businesses there. It worked.

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A New Online Resource: Libertarian Literary and Media Criticism

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26



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Swiss watch industry calls for ‘clear solution’ with US

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

With the suspension of United States tariffs only a few days away, the president of the Federation of the Watch Industry (FH) has called for a clear solution and a swift agreement between Bern and Washington.

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Trump Suffers From “Libertarian Derangement Syndrome”

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

Even though a significant number of libertarians supported Trump for president, he clearly has shown no respect for libertarian thinking, especially with his anti-growth trade policies and support for bloated federal spending.

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Dollar Pummeled on Risk to Fed’s Independence

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

The US dollar was weak yesterday, but it has been pummeled today. It is down against the G10 currencies and all but the Russian ruble and Turkish lira among emerging market currencies. The proximate trigger of today's sell-off were news reports that a successor to Fed Chair Powell could be announced in a few months.

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The Problem with Pronatalism

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

Some non-economic arguments made by pronatalists are very good. But when it comes to economics, pronatalists often get it very wrong.

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How to Align Your Financial Plan with Your Life Goals

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

For high-net-worth individuals, wealth is more than a measure of financial success; it’s a means to achieve personal fulfillment, support cherished causes, and leave a lasting legacy. Traditional financial planning often emphasizes asset accumulation and tax efficiency. However, a more […] The post How to Align Your Financial Plan with Your Life Goals appeared first …

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SNB Brings Back Zero Percent Interest Rates

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

With interest rates in developed economies falling but still significantly higher than their respective troughs in 2021-2022, some pundits are claiming that we are entering a new interest rate regime. Gone, they say, are the days of near-zero or even negative interest rates. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) may lead some pundits to rethink their logic. On June 19, 2025, the SNB reduced its policy rate by 25 basis points to 0.00%. Here are some reasons...

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Swiss steel traders face price fixing probe

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

The Swiss Federal Competition Commission (ComCo) has opened an investigation into four steel traders accused of illegal collusion.

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President Trump’s Interventionism

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

Regardless of your view of the current conflicts, one fact is indisputable. President Trump’s actions violate our traditional non-interventionist foreign policy.

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Critics of Capitalism Misunderstand Economic Success

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

In a free society, legitimate economic success does not fall from the sky or come by force. Behind every fortune lies effort, risk, savings, time, discovery, validation, and social coordination.

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Two Sixties Rock Songs That Celebrate Capitalism’s Greatest Creation

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

For millennia prior to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of men, women, and children toiled from dusk to dawn and beyond just to keep body and soul together.

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CEO of Swiss state-owned technology company Ruag resigns

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

The head of the Swiss state-owned technology group Ruag International is stepping down after parliament decided against privatising its Beyond Gravity unit.

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Hollowed Out

2025-06-26

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2025-06-26

The status quo has pushed everything to an extreme of hollowed-out instability to maintain a superficial appearance of normalcy and stability. But it's all fake. The phrase that best describes the present era is hollowed out. By hollowed out I mean the exterior facade still looks pretty much the same as it did in the past, but the internal structure has corroded / eroded to the point that little remains of what provided strength and...

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Dismantling the Warfare State Was Never Going to Be Easy

2025-06-25

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2025-06-25

Although it may not have ultimately ended how they wished, the strikes on Iran demonstrated that neoconservatives are still a viable force within the GOP. But that shouldn’t discourage us. Ending endless wars isn’t easy, but it is worthwhile.

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Hanke’s Weekly Currency Watch List

2025-06-25

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2025-06-25



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