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No, It’s Not Time to Ban Sports Gambling Again

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2024
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
–  Montesquieu, De l’Esprit des Lois [1748]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
October 1, 2024
Keep Our Sights on the Monetary Target
In the midst of a presidential campaign, it’s easy to get sucked into such mundane discussions about which presidential candidate will be better at managing and running the welfare-warfare state and managed-economy way of life under which we live. We libertarians must instead keep our vision focused on the target — the prerequisites for a genuinely free society rather than a better-managed serfdom.
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