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Jun 12
π Politicians want to ban prediction markets, but the real question is: Why are they afraid of accurate forecasts?
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π° Markets aggregate information. They force people to put money behind their beliefs. They've outperformed polls and exposed uncomfortable truths officials would rather ignore.
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Jun 12
βοΈ Fraud and insider trading are already illegal. Regulators already have authority. A broad new ban won't stop abuse; it'll just push activity offshore.
π Learn more about this issue from our recent blog post: learnliberty.org/blog/dont-bβ¦
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Jun 11
π Carl Menger founded the Austrian School of Economics, but his ideas almost didn't survive.
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Jun 11
ποΈ Learn Liberty traveled to Vienna to speak with Bernhard Beham, whose archival research, including diaries held at Duke University, reveals for the first time on camera how a family worked together to preserve one of the most important books in economic history.
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Jun 11
𧩠From Menger's secret romance to his son's unlikely path from literary ambitions to world-class mathematics, this is the untold story behind the ideas you thought you knew.
βΆοΈ Learn more from our video: π youtu.be/fKty7fgmhTY
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Jun 10
π The Gestapo seized his library. Harvard refused to hire him. He spent years teaching private seminars for no salary.
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Jun 10
π« But ideas don't disappear just because governments find them inconvenient. Austrian economics survived exile, academic hostility, and decades on the margins. Then it ended up in the presidential palace.
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ποΈ How does a school of thought go from outlawed to influential in under a century?
π₯ That's the story in our video: youtu.be/cKqX-hg_dhs
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Jun 9
The state doesn't just regulate sexuality β it needs it.
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Jun 9
Jyoti Puri's Sexual States makes a compelling case that India's antisodomy law was less about controlling behavior and more about reproducing state authority. Read our review and tell us: Can queer freedom ever be secured through the state?
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Jun 8
πΊοΈ Russia is the biggest country on Earth, and it didn't get that way by accident. From the Tsars to the Soviets to Putin, Russia's leaders have pursued relentless expansion, justified by geography, ideology, and imperial ambition.
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Jun 8
Putin's nostalgia for the Soviet collapse isn't just sentiment; it's a strategic doctrine. And Ukraine is its most visible battleground.
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Jun 8
π₯ Understanding Russia's imperial logic is the first step to making sense of today's headlines. Watch our recent video to explore more: youtu.be/TTi0ZRporVw
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