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** SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2019
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Yes, there is beauty in philosophy, art, and science, and we must appreciate that beauty. I would even argue we should be in awe of the achievements of past thinkers. But philosophy, art, and science don’t progress in a simple linear fashion from darkness to light. We also don’t simply repeat ourselves in an endless cycling through ideas, concepts and depictions. There are enduring themes of truth and beauty, but our statements about them are subject to continual refinement.
– Peter Boettke, "Forgotten or Neglected Classics in Economics that Modern Students Should Be Reading ([link removed]) " [2019]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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December 6, 2019
Medicare and Medicaid Destroyed Healthcare ([link removed])
In a December 1 Washington Post article entitled “Yes, Americans are Feeling the Squeeze. It’s Coming from Health Care,” Post columnist Robert Samuelson points out, “In the early 1960s, before Medicare and Medicaid, which were enacted in 1965, health spending was about 2 percent of federal outlays. Now it is nearly one-third, at $1.3 trillion.” Samuelson goes on ...
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Forgotten or Neglected Classics in Economics that Modern Students Should Be Reading ([link removed])
by Peter Boettke
Liberty Fund
In Praise of Spontaneous Order ([link removed])
by Kerry McDonald
Foundation for Economic Education
SOCIALISM
What We Don’t Know About Socialism Can Hurt Us ([link removed])
by Marcus Witcher
Libertarianism.org
THE FREE MARKET
The ABC of a Market Economy ([link removed])
by Henry Hazlitt
Mises Institute
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
The Deep State: The Headless Fourth Branch of Government ([link removed])
by Ryan McMaken
Mises Institute
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Can Senseless Gun Regulations Be Constitutional? ([link removed])
by Jacob Sullum
Reason
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Should States Subsidize Universities? ([link removed])
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Independent Institute
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Americans Should Remember the Ninth Amendment ([link removed])
by James Knight
Cato Institute
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The Only Truly Civilized People are Anti-War ([link removed])
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LewRockwell.com
A Legacy of a New Kind of War ([link removed])
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Antiwar.com
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