Freedom News Digest: July 26, 2022 Federal Spending Is the Problem with Inflation

Keith Preston

3 years ago

Little more can reasonable be aimed at, with respect to the people at large, than to have them properly armed and equipped…

— Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 29

July 26, 2022
Federal Spending Is the Problem with Inflation
Both conservatives and progressives are lamenting the soaring prices in the American economy. Not surprisingly, many of them are blaming the problem on Covid and, of course, on Russia. If only Covid hadn’t hit and if only Russia hadn’t invaded Ukraine, everything in the American economy would be hunky-dory. Progressives are now criticizing the Federal Reserve for threatening to bring an end to …

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ECONOMICS

Biden Plays Orwell, Tries to Redefine What “Recession” Means
by James Bovard
New York Post

TGIF: Complete Liberalism
by Sheldon Richman
Libertarian Institute

Thinking Seriously About Responding to the Theft of IP
by Don Boudreaux
Cafe Hayek

GUN CONTROL

Good Guys with Guns: Concealed Carry Saves Lives
by David Keene
Washington Times

CIA

CIA Vault 7 Leaker Found Guilty. What Did He Actually Reveal?
by John Kiriakou
Scheer Post

HEALTHCARE

Ugly Covid Lies
by Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institute

FOREIGN POLICY

Nancy Pelosi Has to Stay Clear of Taiwan for the Sake of Us All
Editorial
South China Morning Post

China: Pelosi Trip to Taiwan a Provocation
by Patrick Buchanan
Creators

Calling Putin “Hitler” to Smear Diplomacy as “Appeasement”
by Joshua Cho
FAIR

IMMIGRATION

Incidence Not Insanity
by Bryan Caplan
Bet on It

The Impact of Milton Friedman on the Libertarian Movement
by Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
What was Nobel Prize-winning libertarian economist Milton Friedman’s impact on the libertarian movement? Join FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Citadel professor Richard M. Ebeling as they discuss this issue…..

Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy
by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead
Nothing is private. We teeter on the cusp of a cultural, technological and societal revolution the likes of which have never been seen before.

Would You Abdicate If You Could Be the Dictator?
by Richard M. Ebeling
Leonard E. Read, the founding and long-serving first president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), once told a story …

Dismantling the Constitution: Police No Longer Have to Honor the Right to Remain Silent
by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead
“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home …

The Case Against Public Schooling and Vouchers
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Why should libertarians be calling for the separation of school and state rather than school vouchers? ….

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