Month: October 2024

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Hayek Program Podcast - Perspectives on Peace — The Life and Legacy of Robert Higgs

Welcome to the series, Perspectives on Peace, hosted by Chris Coyne. The first four episodes of this series will focus on The Legacy of Robert Higgs (Mercatus, 2024) and will feature a collection of short interviews with many of the chapter authors.

On this episode, Chris Coyne and Don Boudreaux discuss the life and legacy of Robert Higgs as featured in the newly published edited volume, The Legacy of Robert Higgs (Mercatus Center, 2024). Coyne and Boudreaux emphasize Higgs’ work as an economist and economic historian, especially his influence on understanding economic history and the relationship between markets and political systems.

Boudreaux shares personal anecdotes about his friendship with Higgs and highlights the key works that have shaped Higgs' legacy, including Crisis and Leviathan and Competition and Coercion. They discuss his understanding of the 19th and 20th century American economy, his role in the development of “The Independent Review,” his arguments for maintaining skepticism about government power, and more.

Donald J. Boudreaux is a Senior Fellow at the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a Professor of Economics at George Mason University.

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The Daily Signal - Indiana’s Aggressive Divestment From China

State leaders in Indiana have taken significant steps to divest from China and from the environmental, social, and governance agenda. 

“We have the good fortune in Indiana to have a Legislature that is on top of making sure that we divest from Chinese entities and from ESG-focused funds,” Indiana state Comptroller Elise Nieshalla says. 

The ESG agenda has benefited China through its promotion of solar and wind energy, and electric vehicle batteries, all which China mass produces. 

While some state asset managers are promoting investment in solar panels and EV batteries for electric vehicles in the name of “clean energy,” Nieshalla contends the methods China is using to produce those goods are far from clean. 

“I think we have seen a true hypocrisy,” she says, “because while … the whole ESG movement has been putting intense pressure on the United States toward renewable energy and to move away from reliable energy—i.e., coal, oil and gas—they are making significant investments in fossil fuels in China, India, Brazil, and [those nations] do not implement the clean energy technology that we do with fossil fuels.” 

The energy agenda moving away from coal, oil, and gas is not only benefiting China, but also harming the U.S. economy at a time when the U.S. is burdened with a national debt of more than $35 trillion. 

Nieshalla joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the ways Indiana has successfully divested from China and the ESG agenda, and how other states can follow suit. 

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What Could Go Right? - The Beleaguered Club of Eternal Optimists with Bill Burke

Why is there a need for optimism? Are we really worse off than we were decades and centuries ago? How could the next generation be the "greatest generation"? Zachary and Emma speak with Bill Burke, founder of the Optimism Institute and host of its Blue Sky podcast. They discuss the world's shift from utopian technology glee to dystopian AI fear, the ways that pessimism could halt progress, and how looking back through history can brighten one's outlook.


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Amarica's Constitution - How to Fix – and How Not to Fix – the Immunity Opinion

In Trump v. United States, we have said that the Court went far astray from the Constitution and from its duty, endangering the nation in the short and long terms.  Many have shared this opinion and these fears, and reaction has been profound. In the New York Times, two law professors take up the pen and offer a number of suggestions that purport to restrain and direct the Court towards Congress’ will, assuming that Congress agrees with the authors, that is.  Senator Schumer in a recent bill took a similar though not as extreme direction. We identify the flaws with these approaches, and offer an alternative that would be constitutional, and has an actual chance of being effective, based upon history and constitutional structure. We also take up some fascinating readers’ questions, including one which might matter for some overseas voters.  CLE credit is available for lawyers and judges from podcast.njsba.com.

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The Government Huddle with Brian Chidester - 158: The One about Government’s IDV Evolution (Part One)

James Lee, Chief Operating Officer for the Identity Theft Resource Center & George Freeman, a Senior Technical Leader for LexisNexis Risk Solutions join the show to uncover emerging threats in the digital identity space that are impacting government agencies and constituents. They also shed light on ways agencies can protect the digital equity of constituents and support their own organizational operations.

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - The team behind Unity 6 explains the new features aimed at helping developers

Ryan is a VP of Product focused on the Unity Engine and AI services. You can find him on LinkedIn and X.

Martin Best is a Principal Product Architect working on the Unity Engine. You can find him on LinkedIn.

To learn more about Unity 6, please visit their website. 

Show some love to this question and Stack Overflow user NPatch, who provided an accepted answer to the question: Why is my character floating in the air when death animation is played in Unity?

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It Could Happen Here - Israel’s History with UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon

James and Mia discuss the history of UNIFIL, and the role it plays today as Israel keeps threatening UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.

Sources:

https://unifil.unmissions.org/unifil-ground-operations

https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/politics/5322-timeline-of-security-incidents-involving-slovenian-troops

https://unifil.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unifilpresskit.pdf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5215366.stm

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/syrian-golan-crossing-israeli-military-quneitra

https://x.com/UNIFIL_/status/1845470755015762208

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CBS News Roundup - 10/15/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

Election Day is three weeks from today, and Vice President Harris and former President Trump continue to spread their messages. Early voting begins in Georgia. U.S. warns Israel to boost humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing weapons funding. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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Gatecrashers - Introducing Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair

Dreyfus: A Very Modern Affair is an October 7th story, but one that begins not in 2023, but in October of 1894 with the arrest of French military officer Alfred Dreyfus, who also happened to be a Jew. The implications of his framing, arrest, incarceration and the fallout of his eventual exoneration reverberate today. Over this five-episode series, we examine how these events unfolded, and how they connect to the antisemitism that exists today.

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1A - Sound Bites: The Art Of Food Preservation

In this edition of Sound Bites, we're talking about the art of food preservation.

Pickling, canning, pie fillings and jams. We ask master food preserver Christina Ward about the best ways to save the last of your summer fruits and veggies, and what you can preserve as the fall harvest begins.

Is there something in the garden that needs saving before it goes bad? Eyeing something at the farmer's market, but not sure how to save it for the colder months?

We get into it.

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