Overview: The US dollar is weaker against all the G10 currencies today but the Swiss franc. The backdrop seems fragile even though a few regional bank shares have done better in after-hours trading and Apple's earnings were received well by the markets. Due to seasonal factors and other considerations, many are warning about a US jobs report, even though ADP's estimate surprised to the upside earlier this week. Equities were mixed in the Asia Pacific region, while...
Read More »BEA 2023 – petting pigs and painting wooden cows at Bern’s big agricultural fair
The BEA is one of the most important agricultural fairs in the Swiss calendar. This year it’s celebrating its 70th edition. SWI swissinfo.ch’s Anika Rahm went to check it out and discovered that there was a lot more to see than cows and sheep. #agriculture #bern #switzerland #cow #fair #swissfood --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international...
Read More »The Dominion Lawsuit Against Fox News Is Part of the War against Free Speech
In March 2021, Dominion Voting Systems—a company that produces electronic voting equipment and software—sued Fox New Channel for 1.6 billion. Dominion claimed the company had been harmed by allegedly false claims made by Fox program hosts and guests about Dominion's role in alleged efforts to rig the 2020 US presidential election. In April 2023, Fox New Channel settled with Dominion for $787.6 million. Dominion still has other lawsuits pending against other parties,...
Read More »From Rothbard to Tucker: Regime Conservatives Purge Dissent
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss the cancellation of Tucker Carlson's Fox News show and the similar treatment of Murray Rothbard by Bill Buckley. What does Tucker's cancelation mean for the growing anti-regime trends on the right, and why do "conservative" gatekeepers prefer the company of the left more than their audience? We look at this and more on this episode of Radio Rothbard. [embedded content] New Radio Rothbard...
Read More »The Failure of the Federal Reserve: The Covid Boom and Unnecessary Intervention
After years of inflationary intervention, the Federal Reserve has no more rabbits to pull out of the hat. Original Article: "The Failure of the Federal Reserve: The Covid Boom and Unnecessary Intervention" [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter
Read More »Will a New BRICS Currency Change Anything? Maybe
Money first originated through the voluntary exchange of commodities, such as gold and silver, in order to eliminate the inefficiencies of barter. As Austrian school of economics founder Carl Menger explained: Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. Even the sanction of political authority is not necessary for its existence. Certain commodities came to be money quite naturally, as the result of economic relationships that...
Read More »You Don’t Like It? Leave! The Telling Sophistry of Tax Apologists
What better way to “celebrate” tax season than to talk taxes? Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Taxation is not theft. It’s just the law of the land. You want to live in this country, you pay the long-established, constitutional, customary tax. If you’re not okay with that, there are plenty of other countries to choose from whose customs and edicts you may find more agreeable. Just go live there, and best of luck to you! So as long as you have that right of exit, the...
Read More »Chapter 34: Exchange Controls
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann. [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter
Read More »Chapter 14: Civil War in July, 1967 — Part I
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann. [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter
Read More »Chapter 40: The Escalation of Lyndon Johnson
Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann. [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter
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