Cancel Culture: The Digital Panopticon
Like Bentham's panopticon, modern cancel culture is built upon fear and online bullying, making people police their own thoughts. Original Article: "Cancel Culture: The Digital Panopticon" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Climate protectionism
From the WSJ (World’s First Carbon Import Tax Approved by EU Lawmakers): The European Union’s parliament approved legislation to tax imports based on the greenhouse gases emitted to make them, clearing the final hurdle before the plan becomes law and enshrines
The Economics of Arts and Culture
To describe anything in human life without the context of economics is to erase the reasoning behind why it even exists. Why do we need reasons for items and concepts to exist? Because it is helpful for every human to
Waco 30 Years Later: It Is Not an Atrocity if the Feds Do It
Thirty years ago, FBI tanks smashed into the ramshackle home of the Branch Davidians outside Waco, Texas. After the FBI collapsed much of the building atop the residents, a fire erupted and 76 corpses were dug out of the rubble. Unfortunately,
A Handsome Settlement in the Dominion‐Fox News Case
Walter Olson You sometimes hear people talk as if even plaintiffs with meritorious cases can’t win libel suits in American courts because of the First Amendment protections of the Supreme Court’s 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan case. Not so. Today’s
Canada’s Impotent Justice System Is the Product of Dysfunctional Canadian Democracy
Violent crime is on the rise in Canada, and its progressive democracy is helpless to stop it. Further empowerment of the state makes things worse. Original Article: "Canada's Impotent Justice System Is the Product of Dysfunctional Canadian Democracy" This Audio Mises Wire
Government Proposes To Make Bad Standards on Race and Ethnicity Worse
John F. Early I recently laid out the case to stop government classification of people by race and ethnicity in a Cato Blog post. Those observations were stimulated by The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posting a notice for comment in the
From Discipline to No Discipline: The Sorry Evolution of Modern Banking
Every decade or so bank failures and the subsequent bailout response via central bank intervention appear. The latest jangling of depositor nerves involved US regional banks and a certain Swiss bank of great systemic importance. As James Grant writes in
Where Did Your Tax Dollars Go? A Federal Budget Breakdown
Romina Boccia It’s officially Tax Day. Time to take stock. The federal government spent $6.3 trillion in 2022. Tax dollars paid for $4.9 trillion or 78 percent. The rest (22 percent) was borrowed. Borrowing is deferred taxation, so ultimately deficit spending too
With the Trump Indictment, America Is a Step Closer to Being a Banana Republic
Democratic politicians and supporters are cheering the Trump indictment, but the entire process has been so politicized that its legitimacy is easily called into question. Original Article: "With the Trump Indictment, America Is a Step Closer to Being a Banana Republic" This