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** SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2024
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A universal draft, like a military draft, would violate young people’s freedom to choose their occupations and would take no account of the losses to these young people.
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** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 16, 2024
The Crown Jewel of American Socialism ([link removed])
This week, the Wall Street Journal published some good news for proponents of Social Security, the socialist program that President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. The Journal reported that the Millennial generation — those whose age range is between 27 and 44 — have experienced a “dramatic turnaround” in finances. The Journal states: The median household net worth of older millennials, ...
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How Joseph Stiglitz Tried to Legitimize Venezuela’s Dictatorship ([link removed])
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THE FREE MARKET
Californians Can Still Be Their Own Boss in the "Gig Economy," Also Known as the Free Market ([link removed])
by K. Lloyd Billingsley
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CORPORATISM
Corporate Welfare Breeds Corruption ([link removed])
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Cato Institute
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"The Impatient Libertarian": A New Book from "The Man" Down Under ([link removed])
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Foundation for Economic Education
WORLD WAR II
Nagasaki: The Forgotten Bomb ([link removed])
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Antiwar.com
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Used COVID Relief Money on Things That Had Nothing To Do With COVID ([link removed])
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Reason
FREE TRADE
Americans' Support for Tariffs Plummets When They See Prices Rise ([link removed])
by Veronique de Rugy
Reason
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Kamala Wants Price Controls, and It’s Not Because She Has “Good Intentions” ([link removed])
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Mises Institute
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