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September 4, 2019 | Weekly Newsletter
California Wants to Teach Your Kids that Capitalism Is Racist ([link removed])
By Williamson M. Evers (The Wall Street Journal, 7/29/19)
[link removed] In July, California’s Education Department issued an “Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum,” a plan having more to do with political indoctrination than objective education. Filled with fashionable academic jargon, it may have set a new standard for ideological bias and misrepresentations in public schooling. Its explicit aim: to encourage students to become “agents of change, social justice organizers and advocates.” READ MORE » ([link removed])
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By Vicki E. Alger
WATCH: Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation & the Supreme Court ([link removed])
Featuring Mollie Ziegler Hemingway
[link removed] Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement from the Supreme Court touched off a media maelstrom, triggering a confirmation process that his successor, Brett Kavanaugh, would denounce later as a “national disgrace” and a “circus.” Based on her #1 bestselling book (with co-author Carrie Lynn Severino), Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court ([link removed]) , investigative journalist Mollie Ziegler Hemingway describes what really happened during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation, based on interviews of more than 100 people—including President Trump, several Supreme Court justices, high-ranking White House and Department of Justice officials, and dozens of senators. WATCH » ([link removed])
Do Migrants Drain Wealth from America When They Send Money Home? ([link removed])
By Robert P. Murphy (The Beacon, 8/27/19)
[link removed] Migrants working in the United States send enormous sums of money back to their home countries. Some Americans are alarmed by the massive outflow of remittances, worrying that it siphons wealth away from the United States and/or reduces jobs for Americans. Their fears are unfounded. READ MORE » ([link removed])
[link removed] Choice Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action ([link removed])
By Robert P. Murphy
FTC’s Antitrust Win Against Qualcomm Should Not Stand ([link removed])
By David J. Teece CNZM, Ph.D. (Law360, 7/29/19)
[link removed] In a case reminiscent of United States v. Microsoft (1998), Qualcomm raised objections when U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ruled in May that the wireless technology giant had monopolized two modem chip markets, seemingly only via licensing practices she deemed anticompetitive. Fortunately for Qualcomm—and for America’s 5G future—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently granted Qualcomm’s request for a stay of certain portions of Judge Koh’s remedial injunction. READ MORE » ([link removed])
[link removed] Winners, Losers & Microsoft Competition and Antitrust in High Technology ([link removed])
By Stan J. Liebowitz, Stephen E. Margolis
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