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ooooo For much of the past decade, Europe has been weighed down by prolonged economic stagnation. Growth has slowed, productivity has stalled, and even the continent’s largest economies—Germany and France among them—have struggled to regain momentum. Yet amid this malaise, one large European economy has been moving decisively in the opposite direction. Once synonymous with post-communist hardship […]

  The launch of the United States’ Operation Epic Fury is a logical and pragmatic consequence of Middle Eastern and geopolitical developments of the last 40 years. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which overthrew Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the hardline Islamist regime in Tehran has pursued a campaign to eliminate Israel and fight the U.S. […]

    “It is no crime to be ignorant of economics… But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.”   Murray N. Rothbard March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995 TAKE AWAY Even without teaching at one of the prestigious US […]

  Europe is entering the fifth year of the war in Ukraine. Both sides are exhausted yet determined to continue. Russia retains greater resources, but Ukrainian defensive lines are holding. Negotiations occur intermittently, although neither side appears ready to conclude them. Russia benefits from Chinese backing, and U.S. support for Ukraine remains lukewarm. Europe lacks […]

Teil 2 von 2 Das Elend des Liberalismus und die „geordnete Anarchie“ Auf seine Weise war Anthony de Jasay ein Anarchist, obwohl ihm der Begriff nicht behagte, weil er falsche Assoziationen auslöst. De Jasay plädierte für eine „geordnete Anarchie“, obwohl Anarchie und Ordnung gemeinhin als absolute Gegensätze verstanden werden. „Und das Chaos sei willkommen, denn […]