Freedom Digest: THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022

In the early stages of the Keynesian revolution, macroeconomists emphasized fiscal policy as the most powerful and balanced remedy for demand management. Gradually, shortcomings of fiscal policy became apparent. The shortcomings stem from timing, macroeconomic theory, and the deficit itself.

– Paul Samuelson, Economics (15th ed.) [1995]

April 28, 2022
JFK’s Rejection of the Anti-Russia Animus
Illinois Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger is going ballistic over comments made by fellow congressman Rand Paul and Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson that supposedly suggest a support of Russia in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine war.  Never mind that neither Paul nor Tucker said any such thing. And never mind that the United States is ostensibly not a party to the war. …

ECONOMICS John Maynard Keynes and Keynesian Economics by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling The Future of Freedom Foundation Supply Disturbances Do Not Explain High Inflation by William J. Luther AIER Food Economics in One Argentine Lesson by Mary Anastasia O’Grady Wall Street Journal REGULATION The Problems With Disney and Florida by Andrew P. Napolitano Creators DRUG WAR Defund Police Budgets that Fuel the War on Drugs by David Simon Now Toronto

FOREIGN POLICY The Ukraine Conflict Is Not About American Freedom by Andrew J. Bacevich Nation Russia-Ukraine Tensions Flared Early in the Post-Soviet Era by Ted Galen Carpenter National Interest Nuclear War? by Walter E. Block Ron Paul Institute The Backstory of NATO, Ukraine and Putin’s Fears by Richard Miller Counterpunch POLITICS The Elections of Post-Constitutional America by Peter Van Buren with Scott Horton The Scott Horton Show

 

We’re Only as Free as the Government Allows by John W. Whitehead We’re in a national state of denial. For years now, the government has been playing a cat-and-mouse game with the American people,…

There Is No Federal Solution by Laurence M. Vance The twentieth century in the United States can certainly be characterized by the massive increase in federal solutions to right every wrong, correct every …

Ludwig von Mises’s Idea on Self-Determination Might Have Saved Ukraine by Richard M. Ebeling With every passing day, the Russo-Ukrainian war becomes more of a huge human tragedy. The Ukrainian government admits that at least

Leftists Lose When People Move by Scott McPherson Over half of the American people believe the country is on the “wrong track,” according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released back in February. And …

The Immorality and Crises of Border Controls by Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling Why is the U.S. government prohibiting Ukrainian refugees from coming to the United States? Join FFF president …