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End the Drug War in Oregon, Both State and Federal

2024-04-15

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2024-04-15

Three years ago, in a citizen’s initiation approved by 3/4 of voters, Oregon decriminalized the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. Last month, the Oregon governor signed into law a measure that undid what the people of Oregon had decided.

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Switzerland braced for wave of bank staff layoffs

2024-04-15

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2024-04-15

Redundancies at Switzerland's largest bank will test the capacity of the financial sector to absorb jobs. A year ago Credit Suisse staff were stunned by the sudden demise of their bank. Many are now fighting for their careers with 3,000 Swiss posts set to be axed by their new employer UBS, starting this year.

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UBS must build up more equity, says Swiss government

2024-04-14

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2024-04-14

UBS already has to build up additional equity capital because it has become much larger as a result of the Credit Suisse takeover, Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter said.

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The Hazards of “Colorblind Equality”

2024-04-13

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2024-04-13

The words of Lewis Carroll are often cited in reference to the culture wars and the redefinition of words whose meaning used to be regarded as plain.“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.”This is...

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Börsen weiterhin stabil: Marktausblick mit Stefan Breintner und Markus Koch

2024-04-13

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Marketing-Anzeige: #aktien #geldanlage #zins Aktuelle Marktlage: Unerwartete Inflationsschübe und vorsichtige Zinssenkungsprognosen prägen die Wall Street und die europäischen Märkte. Wie sollten Anleger reagieren? In dieser Diskussion erörtern Stefan Breintner, Leiter Research und Wall-Street-Experte @kochwallstreet die jüngsten Entwicklungen und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Märkte. Außerdem auf der Agenda: ✅ Wie wahrscheinlich sind weitere...

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Savor the Taste of Independence, Grow Your Own!

2024-04-12

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2024-04-12

Growing your own tomatoes can be rewarding far beyond the sweet taste of your crop.The traditional extra benefits keep bringing many of us back season after season. If you’re a gardener, you know the great feeling of acting directly on nature to produce the food you eat. Raising tomatoes gets you outside and sweating, and usually provides a sense of accomplishment. It encourages discipline and planning and demands a bit of knowledge and a ton of...

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Marktausblick Mit Stefan Breintner und Markus Koch März 2024

2024-04-10

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Marketing-Anzeige: #aktien #geldanlage #investieren Nach wie vor scheinen die Märkte nur eine Richtung zu kennen: Aufwärts. Insbesondere die starke amerikanische Wirtschaft und die Aussicht auf Zinssenkungen zum Sommer regen die Fantasie der Anleger an. Wie es weitergeht, diskutieren Stefan Breintner, DJE-Research Leiter und Wall-Street-Experte @kochwallstreet. Dazu diese und weitere Themen: ✅ Kommen chinesische Aktien wieder? ✅ Sind...

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The Rise of Populism Reflects the Decline in Individual Freedom

2024-04-08

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2024-04-08

So-called populist political parties and politicians gained considerable traction with Western voters in recent years, despite being dismissed in many cases as “a threat to democracy” and “extremists” by mainstream politicians. With the election of Donald Trump in the US and of Javier Milei in Argentina, the surge in polls and electoral wins of right and far-right parties in several European countries sent shockwaves through the political...

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California’s Crony Capitalist Minimum Wage Law

2024-04-08

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2024-04-08

On April 1, California raised the minimum wage for large fast food restaurant franchises to $20 an hour. This law will threaten seven hundred thousand jobs by destroying the state’s food franchising business; however, there is one notable fast food franchise exempted from this minimum wage hike: Panera.Greg Flynn is the second-largest Panera franchisee in the world, but he is also known for his close relationship with California governor Gavin...

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The Tariff of Abominations and the Era of Good Stealings

2024-04-08

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2024-04-08

Few Americans seem aware of the fact that it was the New England Federalists who plotted to secede from the union a half century before the 1860-61 secession of the Southern states. Their efforts culminated in the Hartford secession convention of 1814 where they decided in the end to remain in the union after all, confident that they would eventually dominate national politics to their economic advantage. The leader of the New England secessionists...

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Why Genocide?: Every Law of War Has Been Violated in Gaza

2024-04-04

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2024-04-04

Why, then, are Israel’s 2023-2024 actions in Gaza genocidal? In a November 14, 2023 essay, "Bibi Netanyahu May Find Himself In the Dock, In The Hague,” your columnist explained why, logically at least, Israel has met the threshold for criminal intent, mens rea.“If you know in advance that your actions will cause the deaths of thousands-upon-thousands of civilians; attached to your criminal actions (actus reus) is a guilty mind (mens rea),...

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James Bovard on the Ron Paul Liberty Report

2024-04-04

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2024-04-04

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The False Consensus on Egalitarianism

2024-04-01

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2024-04-01

The boundaries of contemporary public debate are artificially constrained by egalitarian values. Both progressive liberals and classical liberals are opposed to the more-outlandish versions of wokery, but many consider egalitarianism to be a good idea in principle as long as it is not taken “too far” by communist ideologues. The ongoing purge of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) schemes at universities in Republican states has closed offices...

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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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Aktienrallye hängt an wenigen Titeln: Marktausblick mit Stefan Breintner und Markus Koch

2024-03-26

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Marketing-Anzeige: #aktien #geldanlage #investieren Nach wie vor scheinen die Märkte nur eine Richtung zu kennen: Aufwärts. Insbesondere die starke amerikanische Wirtschaft und die Aussicht auf Zinssenkungen zum Sommer regen die Fantasie der Anleger an. Wie es weitergeht, diskutieren Stefan Breintner, DJE-Research Leiter und Wall-Street-Experte @kochwallstreet. Dazu diese und weitere Themen: ✅ Kommen chinesische Aktien wieder? ✅ Sind...

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Webkonferenz mit Dr. Jan Ehrhardt und Stefan Breintner: Was Portfolios jetzt robust macht

2024-03-22

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Die #Anleihezinsen sind hoch, die #Technologie-#Aktien performen nahezu ungebremst. Und schnelle #Zinssenkungen werden nicht erwartet. Können sich Anleger also entspannt zurücklehnen? Darüber diskutieren Dr. Jan Ehrhardt, stellvertretender Vorstandsvorsitzender DJE, und Research-Leiter Stefan Breintner. Außerdem auf der Agenda: ✅ Welches Zinsszenario der Fed ist wahrscheinlich? ✅ Sind die Tech-Unternehmen zu groß geworden? ✅ Kann der...

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Is the Violence in Haiti a Preview of a Libertarian Society?

2024-03-20

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2024-03-20

As the internationally recognized government in Haiti loses its grip on power, the small Caribbean country is descending into violence. The media reports about the situation are quick to, either implicitly or explicitly, place the overall blame for the violence on the absence of state institutions.Situations like this are often used to dismiss libertarians. Before Haiti, it was Somalia that experienced a so-called stateless period in the 1990s and...

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How State Intervention Fueled Haiti’s Descent into Chaos

2024-03-20

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2024-03-20

As the internationally recognized government in Haiti loses its grip on power, the small Caribbean country is descending into violence. The media reports about the situation are quick to, either implicitly or explicitly, place the overall blame for the violence on the absence of state institutions.Situations like this are often used to dismiss libertarians. Before Haiti, it was Somalia that experienced a so-called stateless period in the 1990s and...

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50 years of Democratic Marxism and the Illusion of “Liberty”

2024-03-19

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2024-03-19

“One nice day in 1974 Europe woke up and heard that an army revolt was taking place in Portugal and that a large number of career officers turned out to be Marxists of all colors and stripes. We rubbed our eyes: officers in smart uniforms, coming from ‘nice, even noble families, and apparently a bit frivolous, falling prey to Marxism – a despicable XIX century pseudo religion, bankrupt, morally discredited as a murderous political philosophy...

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Police Dogs Have Abolished Constitutional Due Process

2024-03-19

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2024-03-19

The Fifth Amendment declares, “No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”Except by dogs.The Supreme Court declared in 1967, “Wherever a man may be, he is entitled to know that he will remain free from unreasonable searches and seizures.”Except by dogs.The Fourth Amendment prohibits warrantless unreasonable searches, but canines now provide push-button vetoes for constitutional rights. Last month in...

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