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Vance steps on Trump’s midterms message

The vice president’s criticism of traditional Republican economics complicates Trump’s attacks on Democrats

Salon

Zohran Mamdani Goes Full Commie on Air Conditioning

Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss NYC's air conditioning wars, birthright citizenship, 2010s comedy, and more!

Reason

J.D. Vance Hates Milton Friedman

Socialism is ascendant within both political parties.

Reason

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Best quote of the day by Milton Friedman: “The great danger to the consumer is the...” — A thought-provoking lesson on freedom, innovation, and human potential in a changing world

Milton Friedman’s quote of the day: Milton Friedman’s timeless insight goes far beyond economics. His words offer a powerful lesson about freedom, innovation, and human potential, revealing why choice, competition, and independent thinking remain essential for progress in a rapidly changing world.

The Economic Times

Quote of the day by American Economist Milton Friedman: ‘If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years…’ Witty take on inefficiency, corruption, and control as world faces oil and gas crisis

Quote of the day: The “Sahara Desert” quote continues to resonate because it combines humor with sharp criticism. It may make people laugh, but it also encourages deeper questions about efficiency, accountability and the balance between freedom and control.

The Economic Times

The CEO of Trek Bicycle reads 52 books a year, hates smartphones, and thinks Milton Friedman was wrong

The bicycle company president talked to Fortune about a brutal post-boom market, why generational labels are overblown, and his obsession with reading.

Fortune

The COVID Reckoning Doesn't Go Far Enough

Real medical freedom will require something greater than replacing the public health establishment: ending the FDA's monopoly.

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Kevin Warsh: Trump’s ideal choice to push Fed to cut interest rates

Former Wall Street banker faces questions at confirmation hearing – but his biggest backer is also his biggest liability

The Guardian - US

60% of Americans Agree Taxes Are Too High. Here Are 4 Other Reasons To Hate the Tax System.

A noncomprehensive list

Reason

The Guardian view on Adam Smith: he deserves rescuing from the free-market myth

Editorial: On the 250th anniversary of The Wealth of Nations, the Scottish philospher is still invoked by the right. Yet he worried about inequality, monopoly and the power of wealth

The Guardian - UK

100 Years of Murray Rothbard

Remembering America's most radical and definitive modern libertarian intellectual.

Reason

It's the Spending, Stupid!

The truest measure of government in our lives is the federal budget, which is out of control.

Reason

New Fed report shows Biden's immigration policies top Trump's on economic growth

A new research paper found that the huge influx of foreigners under President Biden's open border policy had the beneficial role of increasing the labor force, especially in areas where the U.S. sorely needed workers.

Fortune

Get your Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand right: Zomato and Blinkit aren’t capitalism

Late last week, I wrote a piece responding to Deepinder Goyal’s tweets on how he views India’s gig economy. It went viral – and as is inevitable with anything that does, it brought with it an equal measure of bouquets and brickbats.

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The Conversation

Why OpenAI is a prime example of the ethical limits of capitalism

As OpenAI marks its tenth birthday in December 2025, it can celebrate becoming one of the world’s leading companies, worth perhaps as much as US$1 trillion (£750 billion). But it started as a non-profit with a serious moral mission – and its story demonstrates the difficulty of combining morality with…

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The magazine of free minds and free markets has changed millions of minds—including mine—to take freedom seriously.

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A conversation that never took off: When Nikhil Kamath’s nervous schoolboy energy met Elon Musk

Among internet personalities who speak too much, Elon Musk occupies a special place. The entire world ( including many Indians) know his views on free speech, wokism, on rockets, on civilisation, on Trump and on the people he is fighting on X with this week. Which is why an Indian…

Reason

Abolish Property Taxes?

Florida Republicans propose not one, not two, but seven different constitutional amendments to cap, cut, or even eliminate property taxes.

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New York City Is About To Elect a Socialist Mayor in Zohran Mamdani. Why Won't This Failed Ideology Die?

The troubling rise of Zohran Mamdani is about more than policy. It's about culture.

The Independent UK

Seasteading is making a comeback — but these utopian paradises on the high seas have a history of failure

IN FOCUS: They promised utopian paradises, unshackled by governments and buoyed by tech. What they built instead was a costly illusion. Holly Baxter reports on how seasteading started, unraveled and is now rising again in popularity

Fortune

Is MAGA going Marxist and Maoist? Trump's assault on free-market capitalism

Many business leaders are horrified at the prospect of New York City turning socialist under Zohran Mamdani, but Trump's assaults on free-market capitalism make him look like John D. Rockefeller.

The Conversation

How the neoliberalism of ‘Hayek’s Bastards’ changed the world – and fuelled the rise of the populist right

Neoliberalism has had an enormous influence on the world, driving policy and governance at the national and international level, particularly since the 1980s, when it was championed by the Reagan administration in the United States and the Thatcher government in the United Kingdom.

Reason

Milton Friedman Disproved Trump's Argument for Tariffs Decades Ago

In a 1978 appearance at Utah State University, the Nobel Prize–winning economist provided the perfect retort to those who blindly argue we should "build in America."

The Independent UK

Inside the city where people are choosing pampered pets over children

The rising passion for dogs has coincided with falling human fertility

International Business Times

Trump Admin Cancels $5.1B Pentagon IT Contracts With Accenture, Deloitte

According to a memo shared on Thursday, Hegseth described the spending on outside consultants as unnecessary. "These terminations represent $5.1 billion in wasteful spending ... and nearly $4 billion in estimated savings."

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