Audio Mises Wire - Why Taxes Were So Hated in the Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages, taxation was considered to be appropriate only as an extreme measure in times of emergency, and as a last resort. Kings were expected to subsist on revenues from their own private property.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-taxes-were-so-hated-middle-ages
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Israel on the Cusp
Jonathan Schanzer joins the podcast to discuss the ways in which the maligned Israeli approach to the war in Gaza may have, in fact, made its victory this week possible—and if there is no end at hand, establishes its grim but necessary path forward. Programming note: No podcast on Tuesday, October 7, in observance of Sukkot. Give a listen.
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Audio Poem of the Day - The Lake
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Audio Mises Wire - Individualism and the Violence of the Identitarian Left
Leftists seek to create a new society that supposedly is peaceable. However, they also celebrate violence done against political opponents, something that Murray Rothbard understood as undermining every supposed peaceful goal they claim to be pursuing.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/individualism-and-violence-identitarian-left
Everything Everywhere Daily - Top-Level Domain Names
Every day, everyone who uses the internet uses the Domain Name System.
The key to the domain name system lies in the highest level of the system, the top-level domains. These are the domains such as .com, .org, and .net.
While you are probably very familiar with a few of these, there are actually a lot more. A whole lot more.
A lucky few top-level domain name holders actually managed to hit the jackpot.
Learn more about top-level domain names and how they are organized and distributed on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Fighting AI with AI
With only several seconds of audio, someone can clone a victim’s voice, call their bank, and potentially get access to … everything. Vocal deepfakes have gotten very good, but so has the technology to fight back.
This week on The Indicator we're gonna bring you a special series on the evolving business of crime. In this episode, we hear from the company helping banks beat deepfakes, and we learn about the efforts to protect us all from AI voice fraud.
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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘For the Sun After Long Nights’ is a history of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement
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