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Authored by Jonathan Newman via The Mises Institute,

About a month ago, I called out Paul Krugman for blaming economic pessimism on Republicans.

He compared the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index to what he sees as a “surreally good” economy and came to the conclusion that the survey respondents must be warped by partisanship. Instead of honestly reporting about their views about the economy, Krugman thinks the survey respondents are biased against (more…)

Chris Christie's withdrawal from the 2024 GOP presidential field surely brought smiles to rival Nikki Haley — until a hot mic caught the former New Jersey governor scoffing at Haley's political prospects as he chatted backstage moments before officially announcing he was bailing out. "She's gonna get smoked," said Christie. 

Christie's candor offered an amusingly blunt counterpoint to Big Media's relentless attempts to bolster the warmongering (more…)

Authored by Connor O'Keefe via The Mises Institute,

Two weeks ago, I wrote an article laying out the political class’s struggle to preserve its legitimacy by fighting to regain control over the digital information space.

The piece built on Martin Gurri’s thesis that the wide adoption of the internet has caused an information revolution that, similar to the adoption of the printing press, has allowed dissent to grow and spread beyond the control of the ruling classes. The (more…)