14+ hour, 5+ min ago  (945+ words) I blundered on Saturday by failing to check the latest updated terrorist profile before visiting Washington, DC. How was I to know that National Guard troops would be on the lookout for 60ish bicyclists who are too damn curious about algae? I…...

14+ hour, 30+ min ago  (112+ words) Long before modern economics, the Greek philosophers were laying the groundwork for understanding human cooperation in a social setting, helping to give birth to economic thinking. Original article: https: //mises. org/mises-wire/how-greek-merchants-and-philosophers-discovered-economics How Greek Merchants and Philosophers Discovered Economics…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago  (198+ words) Murray N. Rothbard was a system builder in the mode of Ludwig von Mises, Frank H. Knight, and F. A. Hayek. Social, economic, and political problems are intertwined and complex and require a grand theory to address them. For Rothbard, the unifying theme of…...

11+ hour, 5+ min ago  (534+ words) On Monday, Alan Greenspan died at age 100. The former Federal Reserve Chair spent eighteen and a half years at the helm of the central bank from 1987 to 2006a total of five terms under four presidents. As with any death of a…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (294+ words) In a similar way [to Neptune], the economy was not following the laws of economics. He did not have any hard evidence why this was happening'hard in the sense of being provable to economists. He really only had anecdotal evidence....

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (194+ words) Manufacturers have indicated job cuts for three of the past four months as they seek to reduce head count over costs and demand concerns. Factory job cuts in June near the worst since 2008 financial crisis and Covid levels Manufacturers have…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (333+ words) People are falling in love with their chatbots, mourning deleted AI companions, and treating artificial systems as romantic partners or family members. As AI becomes more sophisticated, these relationships will become more common. And, as a result, so will political…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (172+ words) Oracle cut thousands of jobs in order to have more readily available cash it can use for its AI data center buildouts. Oracle laid off 21, 000 employees over the past year Oracle cut thousands of jobs in order to have more…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (114+ words) The intellectual path from Ancient Greece to modernity is littered with the path of numerous philosophers, movements, and events, both peaceful and violent that have shaped thinking throughout the ages. Original article: https: //mises. org/mises-wire/scholasticism-enlightenment-liberalism From Scholasticism to…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (168+ words) Its ability to wage war and occupy more territory in Lebanon " and for how long " certainly comes into question. What would happen if US actually cut off military aid to Israel? Its ability to wage war and occupy more territory…...