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Yesterday in Forbes, Alejandro Chafuen, Acton’s Managing Director, International, weighed in on Jair Bolsonaro’s new adm… [Read more]

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Among the weirdest aspects of America’s system of immigration controls is what this system permits federal officials to… [Read more]

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South Korea has untaken one of the most radical left-wing economic systems out there: a steep increase in minimum wage n… [Read more]

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A U.S.-based crypto market surveillance startup led by former Goldman Sachs fintech engineers has raised $3 million in s… [Read more]

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CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Feb. 20, 2019) – Last week, the West Virginia House passed a bill that would create a mechanis… [Read more]

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Mining pool Sparkpool says it's temporarily freezing an unusually high mining payout worth $300,000 in case it was sent … [Read more]

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Bitcoin could revisit December highs above $4,200 in the near-term as the recent rally is backed by a surge in trading v… [Read more]

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The Chamber of Digital Commerce has called for the U.S. government to implement a national strategy for blockchain techn… [Read more]

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There are two bitcoin ETFs under review by the SEC, after the VanEck/SolidX proposal was published in the Federal Regist… [Read more]

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Cryptocurrencies can't match gold on stability and volume, and are not a direct competitor, says the World Gold Council.… [Read more]

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The U.S. state of Wyoming has passed several bills aimed to make the state a top destination for cryptocurrency and bloc… [Read more]

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Binance has just revealed the sites for testing its new decentralized crypto exchange and the testnet explorer for its o… [Read more]

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Cuba’s proposed constitution cuts religious freedom Diana Chandler, Baptist Press Cuban pastors are resisting pre… [Read more]

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Congress seems to have authorized this end run around its spending power. Can it do that? … [Read more]

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A day after 12 people were kidnapped in Anbar province, six bodies were recovered. The post Truffle Hunters Executed; 1… [Read more]

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The Russian-sponsored Palestinian unity talks in Moscow on February 11 were neither a success nor failure. Uniting Pales… [Read more]

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Originally posted at TomDispatch. “Training.” It sounds so innocuous. It also sounds like something expected… [Read more]

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has officially gone public with his belief crypto offers an improved alternative to conventiona… [Read more]

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Today's filing has no doubt sent shivers down the spines of those who engaged in online bullying tactics to destroy the … [Read more]

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Feb. 19, 2019) – Today, the Utah Senate unanimously passed a bill that would reform the state’s as… [Read more]

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Roger Waters: From Pink Floyd Icon to Nicolas Maduro Puppet Pink Floyd singer Roger Waters has emerged as a leading su… [Read more]

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President Trump's trade policies don't match up with basic economic principles.… [Read more]

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But you will never hear about any of these scientists and doctors from mainstream news outlets. Why not? Because what th… [Read more]

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Senator Elizabeth Warren is right: Child care services in America can be extremely expensive. In certain areas, child ca… [Read more]

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Marietje Schaake is a leading and influential voice in Europe on digital platforms and the digital economy. She is the f… [Read more]

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The VanEck/SolidX bitcoin ETF proposal is slated for publication in the Federal Register tomorrow, giving the SEC 45 day… [Read more]

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Today’s guest on Economics Detective Radio is Anja Shortland of King’s College London, discussing her new book Kidnap: I… [Read more]

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Modern life destroys survival instinct. Most folks just buy the answers to all of their problems and they have lost the … [Read more]

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On my latest episode, I interview an old friend Marshall Hayner of MetalPay. I have known Marshall for ages, so I was ve… [Read more]

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The amount of money allocated to short bets against bitcoin fell to a more than 6-month low today.… [Read more]

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently proposed the elimination of new payday lending rules created un… [Read more]

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U.S. government-sponsored student loan debt has become an escalating problem for the finances of many American household… [Read more]

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Everyone, from athletes to everyday busy moms, and even veterinarians are using it as a natural and safe holistic treatm… [Read more]

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Trump declared a state of emergency for his wall. What’s the history behind these national emergencies? What&#8217… [Read more]

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Rubber bands can keep stretching for quite a while, but if you put too much pressure on them they will eventually snap. … [Read more]

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Tariffs make superior offers less desirable for buyers by making them more costly.… [Read more]

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Law firms Miller Thomson and Cox & Palmer will represent 115,000 QuadrigaCX customers as the exchange seeks to reco… [Read more]

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Cryptocurrency mining pool Sparkpool received a payout today of over $300,000 for mining one block on the ethereum block… [Read more]

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The federal government spends $13 billion a year on subsidies for local rail and bus transit systems. This spending shou… [Read more]

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Historian Arnold Toynbee in his 12-volume magnum opus A Study of History was an exploration of the rise and fall of 28 d… [Read more]

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Episode 2 of Free Speech Rules by UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh … [Read more]

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Democracy? The United States is NOT a democracy, it is a constitutional republic.… [Read more]

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Kyle Anzalone and I talked police militarization, rendition and torture, how an aggressive border security policy could … [Read more]

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On Friday. Pres. Trump declared a national emergency. Based on that declaration, the president will reallocate $6.5 bill… [Read more]

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The global economy is in the midst of a grand experiment pitting centralization (Central Planning) against the evolution… [Read more]

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After a no-knock raid, based on lies, led to the murder of an innocent couple, Houston police chief Art Acevedo vows to … [Read more]

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Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org On February 8th, the NATO-supporting Atlantik-Bruecke, or Atlant… [Read more]

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Note: This is post #111 in a weekly video series on basic economics. The long-run aggregate supply curve can show us an … [Read more]

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Venezuela: The Priority of the Most Powerful Man in the World Trump has called on the Venezuelan military to abandon i… [Read more]

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On October 31, 1517, an obscure German theology professor put the finishing touches on a paper he had written about the … [Read more]

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Even while still keeping U.S. troops mired in America’s forever wars in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, President Donald … [Read more]

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The federal government keeps growing no matter what most people do. In 15 minutes, I sum up the Founders’ strategy… [Read more]

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Almost 80% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck barely able to afford to put food on the table.  That's terrible news … [Read more]

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BitGo is providing $100 million of cover against theft of digital assets or the loss of cryptographic keys via Lloyd’s o… [Read more]

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House Lawmakers have passed a pro-4th Amendment bill that will make it a crime for cops to hold DUI checkpoints.… [Read more]

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Securitize and OTCXN aim to streamline the process of issuing and trading security tokens with their new all-in-one solu… [Read more]

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Bargaining over policy is supposed to be frustrating. That’s a feature, not a bug, of limited government. … [Read more]

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I often notice that whenever we talk about faith and business, the discussion is mostly about businessmen and their fait… [Read more]

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Here's how to navigate America's newest ritual. … [Read more]

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Crypto market maker Cumberland is upgrading from trading by Skype to modern-day Wall Street-style screen-based interacti… [Read more]

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A serial pedophile and former sheriff's deputy was arrested this month after authorities discovered more than a decade o… [Read more]

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The New York Times is reporting a major spike in aggressive cyber attacks by Iran and China against businesses and gover… [Read more]

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One of the interesting games in Washington is deciding who on the right (however defined) is a “Trumpie” and… [Read more]

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The startup that helped Signature Bank beat JPMorgan to the punch is hiring a former Bridgewater Associates manager as i… [Read more]

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Feb. 19, 2019) – Last week, a Missouri House committee passed a bill that would create a process to… [Read more]

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A cashless society is a monitored (and potentially controlled) society. … [Read more]

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The Seoul Metropolitan Government has committed over $1 billion to invest in innovative startups by 2022, including bloc… [Read more]

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Coinbase has acquired blockchain analytics startup Neutrino as part of a push to offer more diverse crypto assets.… [Read more]

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Permanent low economic growth, stifled entrepreneurial spirit, and high unemployment are looming. … [Read more]

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Bitcoin has broken the 100-day moving average for the first time in 272 days, and briefly passed $3,950 overnight.… [Read more]

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The German government is soliciting industry feedback ahead of developing a blockchain strategy by summer, according to … [Read more]

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Last week's publication of the final draft of the new EU Copyright Directive baffled and infuriated almost everyone, inc… [Read more]

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Covetousness and Inequality James R. Rogers, Law and Liberty Once we indulge the taste to take away simply because othe… [Read more]

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Washington’s political establishment went berserk when US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) publicly noted that US-… [Read more]

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More truffle hunters were kidnapped and killed. The post Fresh Dangers for Truffle Hunters; 12 Killed in Iraq appea… [Read more]

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In a fitting legacy for my friend Walter Jones, Jr. who passed away last week, the US House made history by voting in fa… [Read more]

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Remarks to the St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs, St. Petersburg, Florida, February 12, 2019 I’m here at your k… [Read more]

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Cryptocurrency mining and manufacturing giant Bitmain lost about $500 million in the third quarter of 2018, CoinDesk has… [Read more]

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John Lannon is a member of the Executive Committee of the Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA) in Ireland, a founding me… [Read more]

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Privacy-oriented crypto Beam has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from “Japan’s equivalent to LinkedIn” Recruit … [Read more]

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CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Feb. 18, 2019) – Today, the West Virginia Senate passed a bill that would take an important fi… [Read more]

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ATLANTA, Ga. (Feb. 18, 2019) – Last week, a Georgia Senate committee passed a bill that would help facilitate heal… [Read more]

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On Feb. 18 1791, Congress admitted the state of Vermont to the union. Prior to this event, the Republic of Vermont had p… [Read more]

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BISMARCK, N.D. (Feb. 18, 2019) – Last week, a North Dakota House committee approved a bill that would reform the s… [Read more]

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TOPEKA, Kan. (Feb. 18, 2019) – Last week, a Kansas House committee passed a bill that would exempt gold and silver bulli… [Read more]

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When oh when dear mainstream media will you ever learn to get off the same old script?… [Read more]

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Schnorr signatures are no longer just another idea for improving bitcoin thanks to a new code library from Blockstream.… [Read more]

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Even fellow Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the mental train wreck known as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez… [Read more]

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It's "President's Day," so the best time to reject centralized power and get back to the principles that can make libert… [Read more]

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The early stages of SHTF may be a good opportunity to acquire things through looting, scavenging, or whatever you may ca… [Read more]

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Bullish bets on bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by value, reached 11-month highs on Monday.… [Read more]

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The media has been fixated on Republican responses to ridiculous Democratic behavior, causing one to question whether or… [Read more]

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Doomsayers have for decades claimed that the collapse of the global financial system is just around the corner, yet here… [Read more]

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If a law is so vague that it makes it impossible to know whether what you’re doing is illegal or not, it cannot stand. E… [Read more]

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In a recent Time magazine article, Roger McNamee offers an agitated criticism of Facebook, adapted from his book Zucked:… [Read more]

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When the President said that the system is rigged, he’s absolutely right...… [Read more]

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