The Politics of Faking Success
Trump showed how effective it can be to simply declare success and let supporters believe it. Other politicians are taking notes, even as the problems they all pretend to have addressed continue to grow.
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La campaña de reparaciones de Jamaica es un desperdicio de un buen gobierno
La nación insular de Jamaica tiene el potencial de convertirse en una potencia económica, pero, en cambio, el gobierno prefiere seguir una política contraproducente que consiste en exigir «reparaciones» a Gran Bretaña y a otras naciones occidentales.
Igualdad ante la ley, no privilegios por pertenencia a un grupo
Ludwig von Mises defendía el liberalismo, que se basaba en la igualdad de todas las personas ante la ley. Hoy en día, las élites buscan un régimen en el que la ley se redacte y se aplique para favorecer a un grupo sobre otro.
JD Vance’s Doomed Plan for Family Planning
Economist Jeffery Degner joins Ryan McMaken to discuss why government plans to increase the birth rate have never actually worked. But offering to give voters free money for having children is often good politics.
The Future of the Military Draft
European politicians keep pushing for conscription and more recruits. Ryan McMaken and Zachary Yost discuss how the French Revolution gave us modern military conscription, and why governments have long wanted forced military service.
Why the Fed Had to Raise the Interest Rate
The Fed wants to keep interest rates low so the government can borrow on the cheap. But bond markets are driving up interest rates as inflation isn't going away.
Flock is Down in Florida, Protests are Up in Spain, and Oil is Pumping in Venezuela
On this episode of Power & Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho hit on a variety of topics, including meaningful rollbacks of Flock in the south, a look at immigration protests in Spain, and Washington's new corporate oil deals in Venezuela.
The Real AI Threat
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss what appears to be a coordinated call to regulate AI. Is this a benevolent plea to save humanity, or a thinly veiled attempt to establish a cartel?
Has Libertarianism Suffered a Strange Death?
Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss a recent article from Daniel McCarthy that both criticizes the irrelevance of libertarianism and laments its influence on modern America.
The Great Social Security Ponzi Scheme
On this episode of Power and Market, Patrick Newman joins Ryan and Tho for a discussion on Social Security, generational economic tensions, and the latest inflation numbers (spoiler: they're bad.)
