Happy Yeltsin Supermarket Day!
Scott Lincicome Thirty-five years ago today, Boris Yeltsin, then a newly elected member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where…
The Cult of the Presidency: 2024 Edition
Gene Healy The pivotal moment in the September 10 debate came roughly 28 minutes in when Vice President Kamala Harris successfully baited the world’s most baitable man. If you attend a Trump…
Why Marx Was Wrong about Workers and Wages
Marx built his infamous Labor Theory of Value on the premise that labor itself was a commodity. However, as Mises and other Austrians have noted, Marx failed both at understanding…
The Bolognese Jurists behind the Proto-Austrians of the Salamanca School
The Salamanca School is known for important contributions to free-market economics and the Austrian School. The Bolognese jurists also made key contributions.
Understanding the Real Costs of Slavery: It’s Not Cheap labor
The standard belief is that slavery was about obtaining “cheap labor,“ yet nothing could be further from the truth. Slavery comes with high opportunity costs, which is why American slave…
Trump’s 2020 Stolen Election Claims Are Wrong on the Merits
Walter Olson Donald Trump is back to saying the 2020 election was stolen from him, and his followers regularly echo these claims. It’s therefore helpful to keep on hand one…
SECO Announces the Release of Astarte and Edgehog Device SDKs for Zephyr RTOS
A new chapter in IoT free and open-source software development with robust integration for Clea within the Zephyr RTOS. SECO, a leading provider of end-to-end technological solutions, is proud to…
Do Financial Markets Immediately Provide All Relevant Information?
The Perfect Market Hypothesis claims that all movements in the market can be considered as random, as market players and prices adjust immediately to new information. However, market players do…
The number of Home Energy Management Systems in Europe and North America to exceed 13 million in 2028
Berg Insight, the world’s leading IoT market research provider, today released a new market report covering the Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) market. In this study, a HEMS is defined…
Is the Skyscraper Curse Dead?
There is good evidence that the Skyscraper Curse is dead. But what does that mean? Are historical changes are in the works?