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Thursday, July 24, 2025
 
 
Do WNBA Players Really Want to Be Paid What They Are Owed?
William L. Anderson
At the recent WNBA All-Star game, players wore T-shirts with the message, “Pay us what you owe us.” If one uses the discounted marginal revenue product as a guide, the answer to their demand would be “zero.”
 
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Benjamin Constant: French Liberal Extraordinaire
Ralph Raico
“He loved liberty as other men love power,” was the judgment passed on Benjamin Constant by a contemporary. His lifelong concern, both as a writer and politician, was the growth of human freedom.
 
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America-First Foreign Policy Is Dead
 
Long live the empire, because nothing says freedom like bankrupting your country to rule everyone else.
 
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Rothbardian Analysis of the Constitution
 
The Constitution was crafted to centralize political power and protect elite economic interests.
 
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Starbucks Learns a Hard Lesson
Starbucks is closing sixteen stores due to safety concerns, highlighting the lack of police protection and issues with noncustomers staying in stores.
 
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Don’t Confuse the Cost of College with the Cost of an Education 
Government loans have caused college prices to rise, allowing colleges to increase rates without losing price-sensitive students.
 
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WNBA Players are Overpaid
The salaries of pro athletes has little to do with athleticism and everything to do with the entertainment the public receives from them.
 
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Liberty and Property
 
In Liberty and Property, Ludwig von Mises shows that political freedom is impossible without private ownership. He warns that socialism, by abolishing private property, leads to economic collapse and political tyranny. Mises defends capitalism as the only system compatible with liberty, prosperity, and peace.
 
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