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  This is part one of the series on cryptocurrency. Part two can be found here, and part three is available here. Over the past decade, the cryptocurrency sector has undergone a transformation so profound that it is barely recognizable today. Compared to the movement that first emerged with Bitcoin in 2009, there are virtually […]

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 […]