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** WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2024
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Tariffs raise the price of, and reduce demand for, imported goods. Tariffs ensure the preferences of politicians, instead of the preferences of consumers, to determine how resources are allocated.
– Ron Paul
"Tariffs Are Not the Answer" [March 2018]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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July 31, 2024
The Rightwing View on Bureaucracy Is Wrongheaded ([link removed])
Leave it to Donald Trump’s vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance to enunciate the rightwing view on bureaucracy, a view that is diametrically opposed to the libertarian view. According to an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, which criticizes Vance for his “disregard for the constitutional balance of powers and the rule of law,” Vance stated in a 2021 interview: “Fire every single ...
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THE FREE SOCIETY
The Right to Not Be Lied To: Making the Case for Truth in Politics ([link removed]) [link removed]
by John and Nisha Whitehead
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FOREIGN POLICY
Washington Post Fails to Learn Anything About Sanctions ([link removed])
by Andy Corbley
World at Largehttps://www.worldatlarge.news/2024/07/26/the-washington-post-takes-a-critical-look-at-us-sanctions-in-new-series-but-fails-to-learn-anything/
ECONOMICS
Vance, Like Biden, Flunks Econ 101: Backs Hiking Federal Minimum Wage ([link removed])
by Michael Chapman
Cato Institutehttps://www.cato.org/blog/vance-biden-flunks-econ-101-backs-hiking-federal-minimum-wage
IMMIGRATION
20 Years After Its Release, “A Day Without a Mexican” Is as Relevant as Ever ([link removed])
by Andrea Flores
Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2024-07-27/a-day-without-a-mexican-20-years
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
I Put Him on Death Row. He Shouldn’t Die. ([link removed])
by Brian Wharton
New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/opinion/deathy-penalty-texas.html
VIETNAM
Lt. Calley, the Only Officer Convicted for My Lai Massacre, Dead at 80 ([link removed])
by Nick Turse
Responsible Statecrafthttps://responsiblestatecraft.org/my-lai-william-calley-dead/
FREE TRADE
More on Michael Lind’s Bad History of Trade ([link removed])
by Don Boudreaux
Cafe Hayekhttps://cafehayek.com/2024/07/quotation-of-the-day-4716.html
REGULATION
Beware Calls for AI Regulation ([link removed])
by Jack Nicastro and Samuel Crombie
Liberty Fundhttps://www.econlib.org/beware-calls-for-ai-regultion/
U.S. Antitrust Enforcers Should Reject AI Interventionism ([link removed])
by Alden Abbott
Forbeshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/aldenabbott/2024/07/26/us-antitrust-enforcers-should-reject-ai-interventionism/
FREE SPEECH
The Most Chilling Words Today: I’m from NewsGuard and I Am Here to Rate You ([link removed])
by Jonathan Turley
The Hillhttps://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4795501-newsguard-censorship-conservative-speech/
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