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David Bahnsen joins us today to talk about the new GDP numbers, the tariff deals, and the Trump growth agenda—are they balancing out, canceling each other out, or at war with each other, and will we know what to make of them before next year? And the continuing disgrace of the New York Times and its coverage of Gaza, with a second fraudulent photo "proving" starvation in two months. Give a listen.
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The proper answer to who should be Fed chairman is…nobody. Nobody knows the “correct” interest rate.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/nobody-fed-chairman
President Trump is proposing a $1.5 million levy on Chinese-built ships that enter US harbors. Since a majority of cargo ships have been produced by Chinese shipyards, the costs would be substantial. This action also would damage US exports, yet another unintended consequence of US policies.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-tariff-ship-has-sailed-chinese-ship-levy
The old classical liberal political tactics of constitutionalism, state building, and universal suffrage have clearly failed.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-classical-liberal-constitutionalism-has-failed
The Federal Trade Commission has fined the makers of the video game Fortnite more than $500 million ostensibly for violations that have no legal basis. This is yet another case of the feds shaking down producers in the name of “consumer protection.”
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ftc-versus-fortnite-consumer-protection-consumer-deception
Discussions of wages often miss the all-important economic of a worker‘s diminishing marginal value product (DMVP), and the WNBA is no exception.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/wnba-players-pay-us-what-you-owe-us
The White House is boasting about a new trade “deal” with the EU. But every supposed benefit that comes from the agreement applies only to a small subset of the country while leaving the American public, as a whole, worse off.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-eu-trade-deal-nothing-celebrate
Once he took office, Trump continued Biden‘s policy of massive arms shipments to Israel. Trump even sent American bombers to attack Iran‘s nuclear facilities.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dont-ship-weapons-troubled-hot-spots