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** TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2024
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The basic immorality involved in coercion of men soon corrupts not only the wielder of such power, but those over whom the power is wielded.
– George C. Roche III
Free Markets, Free Men: Frederic Bastiat, 1801-1850 [1993]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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May 14, 2024
The U.S. Defeat in Vietnam Changed Nothing ([link removed])
April 30 was the anniversary date when North Vietnamese forces forced U.S. officials to exit Vietnam, much to their chagrin. That was after some 58,000 American men had died for nothing, not to mention the tens of thousands of injured American soldiers and the millions of Vietnamese who were killed or injured as a result of U.S. intervention in Vietnam’s civil war....
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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FOREIGN POLICY
NATO’s New Burden-Sharing Objectives ([link removed])
by Ted Galen Carpenter
antiwar.comhttps://original.antiwar.com/Ted_Galen_Carpenter/2024/05/13/natos-new-burden-sharing-objectives/
The SCO vs. NATO: The Clash of Two Security Paradigms ([link removed])
by Matthew Ehret
Substackhttps://matthewehret.substack.com/p/the-sco-vs-nato-the-clash-of-two?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=34yz1&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
The Escalatory Ukraine Aid Package ([link removed])
by James Carden with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Showhttps://scotthorton.org/interviews/5-9-24-james-carden-on-the-escalatory-ukraine-aid-package/
ECONOMICS
Modern Monetary Theory, Jared Bernstein, and the Rise of TikTok Economics ([link removed])
by Jon Miltimoire
The Takehttps://jjmilt.substack.com/p/modern-monetary-theory-jared-bernstein?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1141114&post_id=144530018&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=tl6g4&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
POLITICS
Bipartisan But Brutal: Lessons from the Chinese Exclusion Act ([link removed])
by Vincent Geloso
AIERhttps://www.aier.org/article/bipartisan-but-brutal-lessons-from-the-chinese-exclusion-act/
MONETARY POLICY
Will the Fed Lose Control? ([link removed])
by Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institutehttps://ronpaulinstitute.org/will-the-fed-lose-control/
THE FREE MARKET
They Want to Scare You with Myths of “Unhampered Capitalism” ([link removed])
by George Ford Smith
Mises Institutehttps://mises.org/mises-wire/they-want-scare-you-myths-unhampered-capitalism
THE FREE SOCIETY
White Rose: The Musical ([link removed])
by A.A. Cristi
Broadway Worldhttps://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/WHITE-ROSE-THE-MUSICAL-World-Premiere-Cast-Album-Now-Available-on-All-Digital-Platforms-20240508
REGULATION
The FDIC’s Campaign Against Fintech Companies ([link removed])
by Jeb Hensarling
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fdics-campaign-against-fintech-companies-finance-banking-f123b504
GUN CONTROL
Most Gun-Friendly States in 2024 ([link removed])
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