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Protectionists in Plunderland and Wonderland – Donald J. Boudreaux (06/25/2019)

Some protectionists are from Plunderland. They turn to protectionism for the same reason burglars turn to burglary: to increase their wealth by snatching the...

What the Number Crunchers Get Wrong about the “Velocity of Money” – Alasdair Macleod...

The idea of "velocity of circulation" arose from the quantity theory of money, which links changes in the quantity of money to changes in...

New Sanctions To Hit Iranian Kids – Pompeo, Bolton Thrilled… – Source – Ron...

Somehow even more sanctions are going to be slapped onto Iran today, with the Administration admitting they increase suffering of the civilian population. If...

Greece Heads Towards New Election – Can Syriza Survive? – Source – The Real...

Founding member and EU parliamentary candidate Michalis Spourdalakis analyzes Syriza's recent loss in the EU election and evaluates Syriza's chances for...

Identifying a fake picture online is harder than you might think – Mona Kasra...

If you know how photo editing works, you might have a leg up at spotting fakes. ...

Sting Catches Another Ransomware Firm — Red Mosquito — Negotiating With “Hackers” – ...

ProPublica recently reported that two U.S. firms, which professed to use their own data recovery methods to help ransomware victims regain access to infected...