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** THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2023
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The boom is called good business, prosperity, and upswing. Its unavoidable aftermath, the readjustment of conditions to the real data of the market, is called crisis, slump, bad business, depression.
– Ludwig von Mises, Human Action ([link removed]) [1949]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 21, 2023
Social Security Is Not a Ponzi Scheme ([link removed])
It is often said that America’s Social Security system is a Ponzi scheme. Nothing could be further from the truth. A Ponzi scheme involves investors, who are induced to invest in a particular product on the promise of a large return on their investment, say, 25% after one year. At the end of the year, when that 25% return is due to be ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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ECONOMICS
George Goschen on Laissez-Faire and the Dangers of Government Interference ([link removed]) by Richard M. Ebeling
Future of Freedom Foundation
TORTURE
American Government’s Torture Tactics Come Home to Roost ([link removed])
by Andrew P. Napolitano
Washington Times
CORPORATISM
Further Thoughts on Industrial Policy ([link removed])
by Donald J. Boudreaux
AIER
MONETARY POLICY
Obama’s Chief Economist Wants More Inflation! ([link removed])
by Murray Sabrin
Murray's Newsletter
Big Brother and the Digital Dollar ([link removed])
by Daniel B. Klein
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FOREIGN POLICY
Ukraine and GOP Debate Prelude ([link removed])
by James Bovard with Brian Wilson
The Brian Wilson Podcast
Biden’s Blunder: Three Costly Mistakes in Ukraine ([link removed])
by Ted Snider
Antiwar.com
No Quarrel With the People of X ([link removed])
by Bryan Caplan
Bet On It
CONSTITUTION
The Founders and the Constitution: John Rutledge ([link removed])
by Rob Natelson
Tenth Amendment Center
FREE TRADE
Trump’s New Trade Plan Is Bad for the Base ([link removed])
by Zach Kessel
National Review
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