Political Scientist & Economist at Libertarian Inst, Prof, Politics & History (SAU), Economics (JC), author of The Fake China Threat & The National Debt and You
Thrilled to announce publication of my third book @LibertarianInst - a concise history of the rise and fall of classical liberalism, and the survival of its central tenets in anarcho-capitalism: https://t.co/Wi0ddFNVNZ Available, now!
This came over the weekend - you should definitely get on board @mises if you aren’t already - they always have great stuff going on and an amazing archive to boot!
Former Senator David Vitter is now lobbying for the Misgav Institute, an Israeli think tank that said the Oct 7 attack presents a “unique and rare opportunity to evacuate the entire Gaza Strip.”
Vitter is offering key contacts in the White House and relevant committees.
Last week it was Fed news, the Taiwan lobby, and thoughts on the American Republics
This week I’ve got Taiwan and the chip industry on tap, as well as 3 major projects I’m close to concluding: my MM Hunt brothers piece, my JLS Lucca piece, and my QJAE response to Gordon 📚
The shell remained intact while the substance changed. Garrett saw it in 1938. Congress still meets. The Constitution still exists. The oaths are still sworn. But the republic those forms were built to govern has been replaced—five times—without anyone declaring it. @solis_mullen https://t.co/eUzERb8E4S
Tonight 8pm PT
📷Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Six in Southern Lebanon
📷Israeli Forces in Southwest Syria Harass Civilians
Also, new edition of Antiwar News with @DecampDave.
This is effectively the last nail in the coffin of the $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget proposal. That is very good news if you care at all about wasteful government spending or the enormous national debt.
Kudos to the Freedom Caucus for taking a stand for “fiscal sanity”
Trump Asks Congress for Additional $87.6 Billion, Mainly for Iran War
The Iran request is significantly more than what the Pentagon has claimed the war cost
#IranWar#Iran#Pentagon
https://t.co/EHHTJtF7VQ
Massie makes his move to take $3.3 billion in military aid for Israel out of the federal budget. A vote could come early as Thursday. https://t.co/zXHkaVduQ5
Mises in Bureaucracy: administrative systems can operate according to rules even when those rules no longer achieve their intended ends. The mechanism continues—but without steering. Markets reveal what bureaucracies suppress. That's why they're feared. https://t.co/55V0wQRtIU
The Fed Chair's job isn't to stabilize the economy. It's to use prestige, technical jargon, and mind-numbing dullness to cover for the central bank's expropriation of the American people. Alan Greenspan excelled at that. @ConnorOKeeffe
As Ryan McMaken recently pointed out, the original constitutional republic created in 1787 no longer exists. Joseph @solis_mullen asked if the US is now in its Sixth Republic.
https://t.co/24Q7l1RPb7