Authored by Kit Knightly via OffGuardian, We’re now several weeks into our new global fear narrative – “Rogue AI is going to kill us all”. The problem is stated, the reaction stage-managed, and we’re heading for the “solution”, which will inevitably be some kind of “regulation”. They have been diligently vague about what this “regulation” […]
Via Middle East Eye Ammar al-Baluchi remembers the cold most of all. Held nearly naked in a cell lit around the clock by fluorescent bulbs, he referred to his detention “as if I was living in a refrigerator”. The nephew of self-declared 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Baluchi was one of six to a dozen […]
Daron Acemoglu won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2024 and is the third most cited economist of all time. Thus, the paradox of his new book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy?, is that its most serious analytic failures are economic. He provides a sincere and serious consideration of modern liberalism’s estrangement from the working […]
Budżet państwa na 2027 r. w jeszcze gorszym stanie? Są pierwsze spekulacje Business Insider Polska Deficyt budżetowy w 2027 r. Znamy kwotę [NEWS WP] WP Wiadomości NFZ dostanie 41 mld zł. “System oparty o składkę już się wyczerpał” Money.pl Rząd zajmie się projektem budżetu na 2027 r. Miliardy na zbrojenia i nowe stawki podatków Rzeczpospolita Projekt budżetu na 2027 […]
I. Atlas Shrugged in Brazil In 1988, when I was 27 years old, I read Ayn Rand for the first time. It was her novel Atlas Shrugged, in its just-released Portuguese edition. At that time, I already considered myself a sort of classical liberal, but my superficial knowledge of political philosophy, among many other gaps […]
More than two months ago, long before most Wall Street analysts had any clue that the bulk of the AI buildout commitments were diligently hidden in various off-balance sheet SPVs and other (perfectly legal) accounting gimmicks, we wrote a lengthy article detailing just that, and explaining why far beyond the $1 trillion (and rapidly rising) […]
0:37 Intro. [Recording date: July 3, 2026.] Russ Roberts: Today is July 3rd, 2026, and my guest is former U.S. Senator and former president of the University of Florida, Ben Sasse. Ben, welcome to EconTalk. Ben Sasse: Good to be with you, my friend. I’m a listener, so it’s an honor to be invited on. […]
Nawrocki nie zapłacił 55,2 tys. zł za pokój. NIK zbadała budżet IPN WP Wiadomości Nawrocki nie zapłacił za pokój, IPN problemu nie widzi. Nowe ustalenia NIK o prezydencie Rzeczpospolita NIK skontrolowała IPN. Wraca sprawa pokoju dla Nawrockiego. “55,2 tys. zł” Fakt “Inni płacili, prezes nie”. NIK wraca do sprawy pokoju Nawrockiego w IPN Do Rzeczy Raport NIK: IPN nie […]
Adam Smith’s publication in 1776 of An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (WN) may not have had a direct influence on the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS) was better known in 1776 and certainly did influence the colonists. But Smith’s arguments on political economy may […]