"It seems that victory for this aggressive tag team requires not only regime change in Iran, but replacing the regime with new leaders who are subservient to Israeli and American wishes."
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Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics
Why US Firms Aren’t Racing into Venezuela, Even with Political Incentives
Part of Donald Trump’s military excursion into Venezuela was to make the country more attractive to US business investment. It hasn’t worked out that way and probably won’t in the future, either, due to the socialist regime there.
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Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles
" The meeting underscores the urgency felt in Washington to shore up weapons stocks after the Iran operation drew heavily on munitions..."
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Rothbard and War
Those who believe in the free and unhampered market economy should be especially skeptical of war and military action. War, after all, is the ultimate government program.
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The End of Scarcity: The Future That Won’t Happen
A growing chorus of technologists and futurists now argue that scarcity is ending. The future may be post-old-scarcity but it will not be post-scarcity.
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¿Alemania quiere COPIAR el modelo Chino?
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Sollte man in einer Demokratie mit allen sprechen? Mehr dazu auf meinem Kanal! ️
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Trump’s War with Iran Is Even More of a Disaster than People Realize
The problem with this new campaign in Iran is not merely that it will likely have bad near-term consequences, but that it represents the American government doubling down on the imperial project that is causing our accelerating national crisis.
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Irans Raketen-Offensive: Ein strategischer Bumerang?
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A Tax Proposal Against Progress and Democracy
Politicians in the US and elsewhere appeal to envy as they demand destructive wealth taxes to be levied on billionaire business owners.
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Rubio says the State of Israel forced the US to launch the war
" Mr Rubio said President Donald Trump was forced into a preemptive response after learning of an imminent Israeli attack."
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Murray Rothbard: A Unique Scholar
"Murray N. Rothbard is a scholar of unique, indeed monumental achievements: the founder of the first fully-integrated science of liberty."
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Iran Konflikt: Straße von Hormus gesperrt – Ölpreis steigt!
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ESTÁN OBLIGANDO A LOS FAMILIARES A CALLARSE
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The US may run out of interceptor missiles
The Iranians are sending their cheapest and oldest missiles first, to deplete the US' stock of interceptor missiles. Then Iran will send its newer, better missiles.
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Banning Congress, Not Markets: The Insider Trading Dilemma
Bob uses Trump’s call to ban congressional insider trading as a springboard to explain why, from an Austro-libertarian perspective, insider trading and speculation could help markets work, while still justifying special rules for government employees.
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The White Hosue retroactively tries to come up with a rationale for war
Meanwhile, the administration has stopped claiming regime change is a reason for the war. But instead claims Iranian missiles, which can't reach the USA, are the "threat."
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The Navy says it has no ships available to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
"While the Trump administration is calling for tanker protection, the U.S. Navy told shipping industry leaders that the sea service does not have naval availability to provide escorts."
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SNB Sight Deposits: increased by 2.3 billion francs compared to the previous week
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Swiss franc appreciation has led to tighter monetary conditions – SNB minutes
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SNB’s Chairman Schlegel: A few months of negative inflation wouldn’t be a problem
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