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“IT’S NOT OUR FAULT! BLAME TIKTOK!”

This chapter of deflection theater has to be the most pathetic yet. Congress appears to be in bipartisan support of railing against TikTok, condemning it as the source of all ills. Ban it, the sops say. It is an arm of the Chinese Communist Party! The company spies on Americans. It manipulates the appetites of…
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Bypass the (Historical) Breakers–Better, Remove Them Altogether

Over the last few days, I’ve finally had the opportunity to dive into historian Sean McMeekin’s voluminous treatment of World War II, Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II. What a treat it has been. McMeekin, a professor at Bard College in upstate New York, is fluent in Turkic and Russian and even…
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Kish Me Once, Kish Me Twice

*As published on the Mises Wire w/Audio Mises Wire. Kish, since you are wondering, is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf famed for its tourist and shopping attractions. It is becoming a serious rival to other nearby vacation hubs in Doha and Dubai. Along with pristine beaches and extensive malls, Kish is–or more so…
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