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Bitcoin Halving 2024 – Was bedeutet das und wie kann ich mit Krypto mein Geld vervielfachen?

2024-03-29

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Finanzielle Freiheit durch Bitcoin-Halving: Experteninterview mit Einblicken in den Kryptomarkt Krypto Powerday: https://thorstenwittmann.com/KPD-3-FF Freitagstipps Abonnieren: https://thorstenwittmann.com/klartext-yt Krypto-Experteninterview: Was ist denn dieses „komische Halving“ und wie geht es jetzt weiter mit Bitcoin & Co.? Dieses ominöse Bitcoin-Halving… was ist das eigentlich genau? Wie gehen die Kurse bei Bitcoin weiter? Womit...

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Price Inflation Comes from Government, not from “Excuseflation” or “Greedflation”

2024-03-29

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2024-03-29

Followers of the Austrian school of economics know that the term inflation refers to increasing the quantity of money or money substitutes. The result being a rise in the price of goods and services or a fall in the value of money. But, in the modern era, this rise in prices is called inflation and as Ludwig von Mises wrote, “This semantic innovation is by no means harmless.” The semantic change has people looking everywhere but where they should...

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No, the Brazilian Government Should Not Subsidize Carnival Festivities

2024-03-28

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2024-03-28

Approximately forty-nine million people joined Brazil’s carnival festivities this year, spanning five days from February 9 to 13. Originally Catholic, the holiday has evolved to have numerous parades, known as “blocos” in Portuguese. Like other major events such as the Super Bowl, there’s consistent pressure for public funding. The Brazilian government, known for its history of high public spending, regularly subsidizes carnival parties through...

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El ESTADO no te da NADA que no te quite PREVIAMENTE

2024-03-28

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Foreign Aid and the Politicization of Economic Life

2024-03-28

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2024-03-28

The conservative government in the United Kingdom champions the view that giving more foreign aid to developing countries will fuel economic growth that, as a bonus, will help to resolve the ongoing migration crisis. The international development minister has explained the government’s reasoning, namely that “giving development aid to countries was morally ‘the right to do,’ but a core argument should also be that it prevented refugees and migrants...

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Big Agriculture’s Protectionism Targets the Amish

2024-03-27

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2024-03-27

The raid on an Amish family farm is the direct result of government protectionism of big agriculture through needless and cumbersome regulations.Amos Miller is an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania who has become a thorn in the side of the State of Pennsylvania and the federal government for his selling of raw milk and other unregulated products. Miller first came to the attention of the Food and Drug Administration in 2016 when they claimed his milk was...

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Big Agriculture Protectionism led to the Amos Miller Raids

2024-03-27

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2024-03-27

The raid on an Amish family farm is the direct result of government protectionism of big agriculture through needless and cumbersome regulations.Amos Miller is an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania who has become a thorn in the side of the State of Pennsylvania and the federal government for his selling of raw milk and other unregulated products. Miller first came to the attention of the Food and Drug Administration in 2016 when they claimed his milk was...

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Los más EMPOBRECIDOS de la OCDE

2024-03-27

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Who Will Take Care of the Roads? Why, The Coercive, Substandard, and Monopolistic Government Department, That’s Who

2024-03-27

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2024-03-27

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The Tyranny of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

2024-03-27

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2024-03-27

New York City’s government has imposed draconian rent controls. The natural outcome, as economists note, has been massive shortages, as apartment owners no longer have an incentive to rent empty apartments.Original Article: The Tyranny of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

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Boeing’s Problems Are Not Due to Free Markets

2024-03-27

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2024-03-27

On Monday, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun announced he will step down at the end of the year. The news comes months after a door plug blew out midflight on a Boeing 737 flying from Oregon to California. The incident gained national attention, subjecting the manufacturer to bad press and up to $4.5 billion of economic losses so far.When incidents as serious as this happen, the public is rarely satisfied with the label of “accident.” People want...

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The West Is Losing Interest in Ukrainian Victory

2024-03-27

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2024-03-27

Many signs are now emerging that NATO and the West are slowly withdrawing support from Ukraine in its war with Russia. How much longer can the war continue? Recommended Reading"Intercept of German generals planning Taurus strike on Crimean bridge": Mises.org/WES_19_A"Army aims to double 155mm shell production by October" by Sam Skove Mises.org/WES_19_B"The deception behind America’s support for Ukraine" by Malcom...

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4 MILLONES DE PARADOS REALES. La Cruda REALIDAD del PARO en España, con José Luis Fernández

2024-03-26

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Knowing Murray in the Early Years (1971–1972) and Why Rothbard and Rand Would Relish 2024: Beginning Collapse of Statism and Its Realities!

2024-03-26

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2024-03-26

The Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Steven and Cassandra Torello.Recorded at the Austrian Economics Research Conference, 22 March 2024, in Auburn, Alabama. Includes an introduction by Joseph T. Salerno and an audience question and answer period.

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Who Really Works Against the Public?

2024-03-26

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2024-03-26

In the early evening of October 8, 1882, one of the richest men in the world was about to eat his supper in his private dining car. The train to which he was attached had just arrived in Chicago from Michigan City, Indiana, but before he could pick up his fork, a brash young reporter, freelancer Clarence Dresser, burst into his car asking for an interview. He wanted to know the railroad’s guidelines for establishing freight rates.“I’ll talk to you...

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PARADOS mayores de 55 AÑOS

2024-03-26

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Congressional Omnibus is Like a Bad Hollywood Movie Sequel

2024-03-26

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2024-03-26

This weekend’s late-night spending vote in Congress seems like another in an endless series of sequels to a bad suspense movie. Just at the brink of “disaster,” just before the stroke of midnight, Congress pulls off a miracle and passes an omnibus bill to save us from a “government shutdown!”The heroes have saved the day!Unfortunately, this latest sequel is as bad as the previous ones, as the American people are left with a massive $1.2 trillion...

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Big Tech Made You a Digital Serf | Frank McCourt

2024-03-26

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Big Tech is watching. Companies like Google, Meta, and X (Twitter) track what you read and watch, where you drive, and what you buy. Unless you live off the grid, most of this is out of your control. Frank McCourt, Jr., the executive chairman of McCourt Global and former LA Dodgers owner, is putting up $500 million of his personal fortune to fight this invasive system and make the internet better for everyone, especially children. This starts...

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Navigating the Slippery Slope: How Hoover’s Interventions Paved the Way for the Great Depression

2024-03-26

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2024-03-26

Herbert Hoover's presidency is often mythically mischaracterized as a period of strict nonintervention in the economy. However, it was in fact defined by a series of economic maneuvers that not only deviated from laissez-faire ideology, but also significantly contributed to the onset of the Great Depression. He initiated his term in 1929 with a proactive push by establishing the Federal Farm Board and later the Reconstruction Finance Corporation....

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The Bolivian National Census: A Stark Reminder of the Perils of Unchecked Government Power

2024-03-26

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2024-03-26

On Saturday March 23rd Bolivia held its national census, an exercise that is a routine in data collection in most countries around the world. And the recent census in the Andean nation is just a reminder of what lurks beneath the surface of this autocratic survey. While purportedly aimed at gathering demographic and socioeconomic data, the census raises profound questions about individual liberties, privacy rights, economic efficiency, and the...

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