Government corruption isn’t an anomaly. It is part of the system itself. We should expect government to be corrupt. Free markets are the antidote to this corruption.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/corruption-system
Marketplace All-in-One - One wild year of Trump’s tariffs
Happy first tariff-versary? Despite the fact that many of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs were recently struck down, small businesses across the country are still dealing with the aftermath. On today’s show, Kimberly talks with two small business owners: Justine Kahn, founder of Botnia Skincare in Sausalito, CA and Will Sissle, owner of Sissle & Daughters Cheesemongers & Grocers in Portland, ME, about how they’ve navigated a year of tariffs.
WSJ What’s News - Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi
P.M. Edition for April 2. Bondi’s ouster caps a tumultuous tenure as head of the Justice Department. Journal reporter Ryan Barber discusses why she’s been pushed out, and who will replace her. Plus, Blue Owl—the poster child for private credit—is the latest fund to limit redemptions as investors seek to pull their money. We hear from WSJ credit reporter Matt Wirz about what this means for investors in the long and short term. And despite positive recent sales numbers from Tesla and Rivian, EV sales in the U.S. more broadly aren’t rising. As big U.S. automakers have scrapped their more ambitious EV plans, dozens of EV-parts factories are sitting empty or barely used. Journal autos reporter Sharon Terlep recently visited one of these factories and tells us about what amounts to a whole new Rust Belt. Alex Ossola hosts.
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Newshour - Trump replaces US Attorney General Pam Bondi
President Trump has sacked Pam Bondi as the US Attorney General. She was a close ally of Mr Trump but had been criticised for her handling of the release of files relating to the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Writing on social media, Mr Trump described her as a loyal friend saying she had done a tremendous job overseeing a crackdown on crime but was moving to a new role in the private sector. Mr Trump's former personal lawyer, the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, will take over on a temporary basis.
Also in the programme: nations meet to find a solution to the Strait of Hormuz; and Artemis 2 heads out of orbit.
(Photo: Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 24 March 2026. CREDIT: GRAEME SLOAN/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock)
WSJ Minute Briefing - Stocks Recover From Steep Sell Off Following Trump’s Iran Address
Stocks opened lower after Trump vowed to hit Iran “extremely hard”. Plus: Shares in Delta and United airlines drop as investors worry about the price of jet fuel. Katherine Sullivan hosts.
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Motley Fool Money - “Alexa, Let’s Go to Outer Space”
On the heels of the Artemis II launch and SpaceX’s confidential filing to go public, Amazon is reportedly looking to acquire Globalstar as it works on its own satellite internet ambitions. Our analyst team also takes a look at the economy through the lens of luxury furniture retailer RH before closing the show out by answering a question from our mailbag about good investing books for beginners.
Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Jon Quast discuss:
- Amazon’s reported interest in Globalstar
- RH and housing trends
- Best investing books for beginners
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WSJ Tech News Briefing - TNB Tech Minute: Federal Regulator Sues States Over Attempts to Regulate Prediction Markets
Plus: OpenAI acquires tech-industry online talk show TBPN. And Citi analysts say Chinese tech giant Baidu is likely to maintain its momentum. Danny Lewis hosts.
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The Journal. - How Do You Refund $166 Billion?
After the Supreme Court ruled that many of President Trump’s tariffs were illegal, thousands of companies have sued the government in the hopes of getting their money back. WSJ’s Lydia Wheeler reports on the obscure court at the center of the refund battle and explains why the process will be slow and messy. Ryan Knutson hosts.
Further Listening:
- How One Company Is Navigating a New Era of Tariff Uncertainty
- Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal. He's Got a Plan B.
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The Bulwark Podcast - Susan Glasser: The President Is Crazy and Delusional
Trump fired Pam Bondi, maybe the most destructive AG in the history of the United States, because she wasn't able to magically and lawlessly jail his political enemies. On Wednesday night, he told Americans that gas prices would naturally go down when he was finished with his war—much like the way he told the country in March 2020 that COVID would just go away. In reality, China may end up in control of the Strait of Hormuz and with freight passage paid with the Chinese Yuan. America and the world are paying for the incompetent (and petrified) advisers Trump has surrounded himself with. Plus, POTUS threatened war crimes on national television, the Iranian diaspora bet on the wrong horse, and who will be the next Barbie to get the ax?
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State of the World from NPR - Paramedics pay the price of war in Lebanon
Israel has invaded Lebanon as the war in Iran expands in the region. Israel says the move is in pursuit of Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters— Hezbollah began firing rockets at Israel last month in support of Iran. Israel’s invasion has caused a humanitarian crisis in Lebanon with over a million civilians displaced and more than 1,300 killed in Israeli attacks, according to Lebanon’s government. And among the dead are at least 53 paramedics. Human rights groups say some of those first responders were targeted. We go to Beirut to examine that claim.
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