SNB & CHF

Overview: The busy week of central bank meetings is off to a mostly slow start. The dollar is narrowly mixed in quiet turnover, except against the Japanese yen. Many participants seemed to exaggerate the risks of a BOJ move next week and dollar continued its recovery that began ahead of the weekend. Among emerging market currencies, central European currencies appear to be aided by the firmer euro. They are resisting the dollar's advance seen against most other...

Robinhood is set to make a significant stride in the European Union by launching the Robinhood Crypto app for all eligible customers in the region. The company claims that the app is the only custodial crypto platform in the EU where customers can earn a portion of their trading volume back every month in Bitcoin (BTC). In an effort to drive new users, Robinhood Crypto is offering a unique opportunity for both new and existing customers. New customers are eligible to...

While the United States has not fallen as far economically as Argentina, the fact is that the present economic policies are ruinous. We need someone like Javier Milei to speak the truth about what is happening. Original Article: The United States Needs Its Own Javier Milei [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter

The standard line from US political elites is that failure to aid Ukraine would mean Russia's destruction of what is left of the country. However, the likely result would be a negotiated peace. Original Article: What Would Happen If the US Stopped Supporting Ukraine? [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter

In this Inside Geneva podcast special to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Imogen Foulkes talks to the men and women who have led the UN’s human rights over the years. It’s called the UN’s most difficult job - so what were their successes…and their failures? Contents: 0:00 - Intro 2:02 - Jose Ayala Lasso, UN Human Rights Commissioner 1994 – 1997 7:05 - Mary Robinson UN Human Rights Commissioner 1997 – 2002 11:58 -...

Investors constantly seek new avenues for diversification and higher returns in the ever-evolving finance landscape. One such frontier that has gained significant attention in recent years is private credit. This alternative asset class offers unique opportunities and challenges, attracting institutional investors, high-net-worth individuals, and fund managers. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the intricacies of private credit, examining its definition,...

Lew Rockwell appears on NOW with Bill Moyers. Lew discusses Bush, Iraq, and the US economy. Originally broadcast on March 7, 2003. "We have to educate ourselves, and educate others about our own history, our real history, about what's actually going on these days, about real economics, and the principles of liberty. And I think that is: if we have any salvation, it's through that, and certainly in secular terms." [embedded content] [embedded content]...

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Dr. Gilbert Berdine, an associate professor of medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and an affiliate of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University. In 2020, Dr. Berdine was warning about efficacy and risks claims being made over covid vaccines, which are at the forefront of a recent lawsuit by the State of Texas against Pfizer. Ryan and Tho discuss the case with...

Econometric models are constructed with the idea that they can be substituted for authentic human action. Not surprisingly, they fail badly. Original Article: Can Econometric Models Provide a Laboratory Setting for Economic Analysis? [embedded content] Tags: Featured,newsletter

Capitalism, defined as a form of social organization in which there are means of production such as private property and wage labor, is not the moral principle upon which liberalism is based. The reason for this is that there are nonliberal scenarios that capitalism, as a moral principle, allows for—for example: slavery, sexism, racism, and various forms of violence. However, semantic compatibility does not imply a causal relationship between such variables. In this...