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How Money Laundering Became a Catch-All Excuse to Bully and Surveil
At the Bitcoin conference in Nashville in July of 2024, then-candidate Donald Trump made a campaign promise to end the war against the use and development of cryptocurrencies. This war was coined “Operation Chokepoint 2.0” and led by Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler, and the Biden Administration.
Beijing’s Sovereign Claims for Tibet
Even a cursory knowledge about modern China reveals the contradictory conditions of increased economic freedoms with continued repression of civil and political liberty. For example, forming political parties is viewed as an unacceptable challenge to the inviolable “dictatorship of the proletariat” overseen by China’s Communist Party. However, Beijing uses heavy-handed methods to suppress non-political groups, including an “iron fist” approach to Falun Gong, a sect known for breathing exercises.
Degrowth Kills People – Yes, Literally - Citizens Journal
The mantra of “sustainable growth” has given way to a new narrative that points to “degrowth” as an imperative for human survival. Its proponents assert that it can save the planet, “unmake capitalism”, and even “enable societies to prosper without growth.” Perhaps driven by good intentions, proponents of “degrowth” are plotting a course that will diminish the possibilities of human flourishing in a world characterized by the conditions imposed by a scarcity of natural resources.
High-resolution structures illuminate key principles underlying voltage and LRRC26 regulation of Slo1 channels
Abstract Multi-modal regulation of Slo1 channels by membrane voltage, intracellular calcium, and auxiliary subunits enables its pleiotropic physiological functions. Our understanding of how voltage impacts Slo1 conformational dynamics and the mechanisms by which auxiliary subunits, particularly of the LRRC (Leucine Rich Repeat containing) family of proteins, modulate its voltage gating remain unresolved.
Degrowth Kills People - Yes, Literally
The mantra of “sustainable growth” has given way to a new narrative that points to “degrowth” as an imperative for human survival. Its proponents assert that it can save the planet, “unmake capitalism”, and even “enable societies to prosper without growth.” Perhaps driven by good intentions, proponents of “degrowth” are plotting a course that will diminish the possibilities of human flourishing in a world characterized by the conditions imposed by a scarcity of natural resources.
The Political Economy of Apartheid:: A Public Choice Analysis
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Should Buying Or Selling “Hidden Cities” Air Tickets Be Banned Or Punished?
An annoying post-pandemic reality is that “public health” policies disrupted supply chains and services that worsened a trend of rising prices that were going up anyway due toexpansionary policies pursued by the Federal Reserve. While there has been a retreat from sky-high prices of agricultural commodities like meat, eggs, and milk, airline ticket prices remain stubbornly high, despite some recent give back.
Should Buying Or Selling “Hidden Cities” Air Tickets Be Banned Or Punished?
An annoying post-pandemic reality is that “public health” policies disrupted supply chains and services that worsened a trend of rising prices that were going up anyway due toexpansionary policies pursued by the Federal Reserve. While there has been a retreat from sky-high prices of agricultural commodities like meat, eggs, and milk, airline ticket prices remain stubbornly high, despite some recent give back.
“Global Boiling”: An Assault On Reason And Science
An interesting and troubling double standard is applied to the acceptability of individual actions and those of political agents. An individual declaring an emergency when none exists, e.g., shouting “fire” in a crowded cinema, would lead to rightful punishment, yet public officials can do so without attracting the same scrutiny.
Trouble in Paradise
Select your citation format: MLA (Modern Language Association 8th edition)Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (full note)APA (American Psychological Association 7th edition) A review of To Catch a Traitor in Lee Kuan Yew’s Prison, by Francis T. Seow.
Congregation, Neighbors, or the City?
Once a vibrant church with a storied past, West Park Presbyterian Church has found itself in a battle over property rights. Established in the Upper West Side of New York City in 1852, it supported the LGBT movement as it gained popularity in 1978, and delivered meals during the AIDS epidemic. Now church attendance has dwindled to 12 members, and the church leaders and congregation want to sell the building and grounds.
Ownership of Churches: Congregation, Neighbors, or the City?
Print Once a vibrant church with a storied past, West Park Presbyterian Church has found itself in a battle over property rights. Established in the Upper West Side of New York City in 1852, it supported the LGBT movement as it gained popularity in 1978, and delivered meals during the AIDS epidemic. Now church attendance has dwindled to 12 members, and the church leaders and congregation want to sell the building and grounds.
Global Lessons of Thanksgiving
Global Lessons of Thanksgiving "Thanksgiving Day is an opportunity to praise the institutions of individualism, private property, and liberty. Despite recent disappointments, the freedom enshrined in America’s national heritage made it a rich and welcoming country." ~ Christopher Lingle Read Full Article »
Global Lessons of America’s Thanksgiving
Sometime in the coming week, President Biden will follow his predecessors in a ceremony that spares a life. But little notice will be given, since the presidential pardon will be granted to a domesticated turkey. Even so, this ritual is part of America’s Thanksgiving, a holiday redolent with tradition and pregnant with important lessons that can guide us all in times of global economic turmoil. It all starts with globalization. Like many holidays, Thanksgiving has become internationalized.
Global Warming: Seeking Truth, Defending Consensus?
Global Warming: Seeking Truth, Defending Consensus? "Political agents can be expected to look to 'science' to provide a cover for expanded interventions or claims on resources that were previously considered to be unacceptable." ~ Christopher Lingle Read Full Article »
Climate Science: Seeking Truth or Defending Consensus?
Print Science, as opposed to pseudoscience, scientific denialism or conspiracy theories, involves a willingness to inspect data and be open about as well as to view hypotheses and the evidence offered to support them with skepticism. Since empirical evidence can be manipulated or even used to disguise ideology or wishful thinking in support of a particular hypothesis, it is misleading, even dishonest, to insist that an objective, immutable “consensus” exists.
Capitalists: Superfluous Rentiers or Contributors to Human Flourishment?
Print The cartoon figure appearing on the covers of the board game, Monopoly, is a caricature of a well-fed tycoon in a 3-piece tuxedo, sporting a monocle and wearing a top hat set at a rakish angle. While not relying on such a graphic rendering, opponents of free enterprise often conjure up their own cartoonish image of capitalists as being superfluous or parasitic or both.
Illusions of Central Bank Independence
Print Beginning in the 1970s, much was made of the importance of central banks operating as independent entities. The point was that they must be immune from political partisanship, the exigencies of contemporary conditions, or ideologies that might undermine macroeconomic stability, or those that served the narrow interests of financial sector actors.
Scientific Authoritarianism Erodes Private Property and Human Liberty
Print “A fundamental difference between modern dictatorships and all other tyrannies of the past is that terror is no longer used as a means to exterminate and frighten opponents but as an instrument to rule masses of people who are perfectly obedient.” ~Hannah Arendt ~ (The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1966) As a recipient of an E.C. Harwood Visiting Research Fellowship at the American Institute for Economic Research, I am inspired by tales of the principled battles that Colonel Harwood...
Can Antitrust Action Against Tech Giants Make the World Better Off?
Print Redistributive policies (e.g., granting of subsidies) of our representative democracy have contributed to political tribalism. For its part, social media has been a factor adding fuel to a volatile situation, e.g., Twitter or Facebook being used for propaganda purposes. Blame for and reactions to these growing divisions and distance among citizens can be seen in demands for the reining in of tech companies being heard in most corners of the political spectrum.
Central banks' failed policies
The Bank of Japan was an innovator in terms of “unconventional” monetary policy. At the end of the 1990s, the BOJ introduced zero interest rate policy and quantitative easing (QE) policy long before other central banks. But in response to the 2007-08 financial crisis, central bankers around the world have been playing “follow the leader” when it comes to monetary policy. For its part, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been suppressing interest rates ever closer to, and below, zero.
Central bank's policies impeding recovery
The collapse of Japan’s “bubble economy” at the end of the 1980s was followed by slumping prices that were thought to be evidence of persistent price deflation. As such, the Bank of Japan embarked on an adventurous path that involved introducing new, unconventional monetary policy tools. These included quantitative easing by purchasing government bonds without repurchase agreements and direct purchase of corporate bonds or commercial paper to flood markets with new money.
Beware Beijing's self-serving interpretations of history
Beijing has irredentist claims on all its borders and over all the waters that wash onto its shores. Indeed, it claims about 80 percent of the South China Sea, including the Spratlys and Paracels, which are on a broad plateau up to 1,600 km from China’s eastern coastline. For its part, China insists on a “sacred duty” to recover and reunify what it perceives as “lost” territories. Besides Taiwan, China claims India’s state of Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls South Tibet, or Zangnan.
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