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September 4, 2025
** UNDERTHROW SERIES
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** Keynes Wasn’t Wrong About Everything
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What if one of Keynes’s most controversial ideas was also his most useful? Max Borders revisits the “bancor” reserve currency—then upgrades it with a commodity basket, on-chain audits, and code-based governance. In a world of sanctions, debt spirals, and BRICS realignment, a decentralized bancor could be the neutral settlement layer markets actually trust.
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** Natural Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response
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Across the country, critical gaps in emergency response to natural disasters demand solutions. Who bears responsibility? Take our newest survey on natural disaster preparedness and response to discover where you really stand on the issue.
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PHILOSOPHY
** Doing Good by Doing Well
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Do companies exist to “take stands”—or to create value? Business professor Kimberlee Josephson makes the case that long-run profit maximization is the most reliable way firms help society. Let individuals hold values; let businesses deliver products, services, and productivity. The result: more wealth to spend, save, and share—voluntarily.
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EDUCATION
** Who Should Fund Universities?
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When it comes to the high-profile funding restrictions hitting elite campuses, libertarians aren’t aligned. Andrew Gillen lays out three positions: (1) D.C. shouldn’t fund universities at all; (2) governments will always abuse funding power; (3) if tax money is spent, terms must be universal and viewpoint-neutral. Whatever your camp, his takeaway is sobering: absent restraint, the pendulum will keep swinging.
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ARTICLE HIGHLIGHT
** Why Libertarians, Conservatives, and Anarchists Should Get Along (Part 3)
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Christopher Cook argues that all the various political ideologies boil down to just two—and that the freedom movement should start acting like one.
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