Austrian economists have traditionally argued against central planning on the grounds that much of the economically relevant knowledge in society could never be made available to a single planning authority.…
Category: Sovereign Nations
Thomas Sowell: Understanding Markets and Free Choice – Desmond Berg
June 30, 2020 marked the ninetieth birthday of Thomas Sowell. But it is insufficiently celebrated, in no small part because he shares that birthday with Frederic Bastiat, one of history’s…
At Least 100,000 Victims of Modern Slavery Just in UK – Desmond Berg
A new British report, “It Still Happens Here: Fighting UK Slavery in the 2020s”, by The Modern Slavery Policy Unit, a joint initiative led by the anti-slavery charity Justice and Care…
Leviathan and Its Enemies – James Manning
The days of incremental change, I believe, have left us,” said Councilman Keith Young, heralding the passage of a reparations resolution for blacks in Asheville, North Carolina, unanimously approved on…
I’m Not Descended From Jefferson. Keep His Memorial – Desmond Berg
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the…
TikTok: China’s Trojan Horse to Indoctrinate America – Desmond Berg
President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order that just might save America’s democracy. Using emergency powers, he prohibited, after the expiration of a 45-day period, Americans from any transaction with…
Obama Defends Mob Rule – Desmond Berg
President Barack Obama’s address at the funeral of Representative John Lewis in Atlanta on Thursday, for the most part, was a moving tribute to a courageous pioneer in the civil…
China: Military Experts Urge Beijing to Prepare for War with U.S. – Desmond Berg
Chinese military journalists are publicly urging the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to prepare immediately for an attack by U.S. forces in the South China Sea. One expert at Zhejiang University’s National Institute…
We Need a Principled Anti-Lockdown Movement – Desmond Berg
Shell-shocked is a good way to describe the mood in the U.S. for a good part of the Spring of 2020. Most of us never thought it could happen here.…
Social Media: The State Of Things To Come – Desmond Berg
Iceland is an island, considerably larger than Scotland in area, but with just over 360,000 people, no larger in population than an average-sized British city. Nonetheless, in the nearly 1,100…