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TOM WOODS: This is the Tom Woods Show, and today I welcome Jeff Deist. Everybody wants to know the sheer nuts and bolts of how somebody becomes Ron Paul’s chief of staff. I’ll tell a little story most people don’t know. About ten years ago, Dr. Paul was approached about doing an autobiography; he would have gotten a huge advance. There was big demand for it! But he just couldn’t believe people were interested in the details of his life. His heart wasn’t in it, so he...

The US Senate is increasingly targeted by left-wing think tanks and legislators for the fact it is based on “voter inequality.” According to critics, the Senate ensures small states are “overrepresented,“and the body favors voters in smaller and more sparsely populated states. In contrast,  reformers  hold up the concept of “one man, one vote” as an ideal and a solution. “One man, one vote” is not a clearly defined concept, but it is often used to oppose legislative...

The psychotic instability will resolve itself when the illusory officially sanctioned “capitalism” implodes. Whatever definition of capitalism you use, the current system isn’t it so let’s call it “capitalism” in quotes to indicate it’s called “capitalism” but isn’t actually classical capitalism. Try a few conventional definitions on for size: Capitalism allocates capital to its most productive uses. Does the current system actually do this? You must be joking....

The Swiss financial sector accounted for roughly 10% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018. (© Keystone / Gaetan Bally) The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has banned the former chief executive officer of a Swiss bank from financial activities over a “serious case of insider trading”. FINMA also ordered the confiscation of CHF730,000 ($752,000) of “unlawfully generated profits” from the ex-CEO, whom FINMA did not name. The long-term bans were...

Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.04% to 1.0702 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, January 24(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: The new coronavirus in China has moved into the vacuum left by the US-China trade agreement and clear indications that the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, and the Federal Reserve are on hold as investors searched for new drivers. The World Health Organization refrained from...

Der Euro hat sich am Donnerstag vor geldpolitischen Beschlüssen der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) wenig bewegt. Die Gemeinschaftswährung hielt sich damit weiter in einer vergleichsweise engen Handelsspanne. Gegen Mittag wurde die Gemeinschaftswährung bei 1,1092 US-Dollar gehandelt und damit nahezu auf dem gleichen Niveau wie am Vorabend. Auch zum Franken waren die Veränderungen zuletzt gering. Das Währungspaar EUR/CHF notierte am Mittag bei 1,0745 (Morgen: 1,0733),...

Switzerland’s vocational training system is one of the reasons for its top position in the index (Keystone) Switzerland continues to lead the world in talent competitiveness, having held the number one spot since the annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) was launched in 2013. According to the 2020 indexexternal link, the three main reasons for Switzerland’s top position are the country’s high quality of life (interesting jobs, high salaries and good...

After pushing up to two-month highs over the weekend, Bitcoin is accelerating lower this morning… Bitcoin, January 2020 Source: Bloomberg - Click to enlarge Breaking down from the 200DMA and testing the 100DMA… Bitcoin, 2019-2020(see more posts on Bitcoin, ) Source: Bloomberg - Click to enlarge Cryptos are all lower today (and this week)… Crypto currencies Source: Coin360 - Click to enlarge …but remain notably higher on the year… There was no immediate...

Asian markets hit by a further outbreak of the coronavirus US steps up trade rhetoric against EU and pushes back against UK digital tax plan AUD stronger on solid Australian jobs report and pricing out of RBA easing CAD weaker on dovish BOC communication yesterday Norges Bank and Bank Indonesia keep rates on hold, as expected ECB meeting concludes shortly, markets await kickoff of strategic review The dollar is mixed against major currencies but mostly stronger...

In most times and places, crime tends to be a highly localized phenomenon. I have covered this for Mises.org at the national level, pointing out that homicide rates in, say, the Mountain West and New England are far lower than homicide rates in the Great Lakes region or the South. Gun-control laws clearly don’t explain these differences, since many places with rock-bottom homicide rates such as Idaho and Maine also have few controls on private gun ownership. Thus,...