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My Weekly Reading and Viewing for March 16, 2025
 by Autumn Billings, Reason, March 12, 2025. Excerpt: Transforming a tree house into compliance with city regulations…
The Obvious Superiority of Collective Choices?
When an outside entity expresses interest in investing within a specific territory that includes your group, it becomes…
Ludwig von Mises and the Berlin Batman
A body of scholarship known as the New History of Capitalism presents the audacious claim that the prosperity…
Social Security: Flawed from the Start and Ponzi versus Stocks
When I shared my thoughts on Social Security being akin to a Ponzi scheme on March 11, I…
China’s deflation: Made in the USA
Itâs remarkable how the media has turned Chinaâs deflation dilemma into an enigmatic riddle. The truth is, most…
The Conservative Cruel Kids – Econlib
A curious trend is taking root among left-leaning factions across the Americas: labeling their opponents as âcruel.â In…
Averages, Margins, and Memes – Econlib
Economics often dances to the tune of counterintuitiveness, while simultaneously serving as a mirror to human behavior. This…
Where Are the âFree Market Advocatesâ?
While the Financial Times article offers some enlightening insights, it also raises a few bewildering points in its…
The False Promise of Populism
Populism has emerged as one of the defining political phenomena of our era, yet it remains shrouded in…
Trade War Fears – Econlib
Among my cinematic favorites, the 1982 cyberpunk-noir masterpiece Blade Runner stands out. This film didnât just launch the…
The Nato debate, one year later
Letâs revisit an intriguing debate from early 2024, when Trump proclaimed that he wouldnât guarantee defense for NATO…
Review of the Strong Gods III: Reno Swings and Misses on Economics
R. R. Renoâs book The Return of the Strong Gods ambitiously traverses a wide array of topics, dipping…
Social Security Is a Ponzi Scheme
Recently, Alex Tabarrok published a thought-provoking piece at Marginal Revolution titled, âIs Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?â In…
Organized Hatred From Above – Econlib
The ongoing trade conflict between the United States and Canadaâspecifically between their respective governmentsâserves as a vivid illustration…
David Bier on Legal Immigration
 The Shift in American Perception Towards Immigration: A Military Professor's Observations In the early 2000s, a notable…