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September 9, 2025
** THE TAO OF LIBERTY
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** Can a Privacy-Based Ecosystem Unlock the Self-Governed Mind?
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What if AI could serve as a protector of individual autonomy, rather than just becoming the next arm of surveillance? This piece traces Erik Voorhees’s path from monetary sovereignty to cognitive sovereignty via Venice AI: private-by-design chats, censorship refusal, and a tokenized counter-economy. The goal isn’t perfection; it’s direction—toward the separation of mind and state.
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** Natural Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response
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Across the country, critical gaps in emergency response to natural disasters demand solutions. Who bears responsibility? Take our newest survey on natural disaster preparedness and response to discover where you really stand on the issue.
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FINANCE
** Britain’s £50 Billion Black Hole
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NIESR just mapped a £50 billion shortfall that collides with the Chancellor’s fiscal rules. From VAT hikes to threshold freezes to wealth levies, every option carries economic and political blowback—plus real pain for savers, pensioners, and employers. The stakes aren’t abstract: credibility, investment, and growth are all on the line.
See the Fiscal Fork in the Road ([link removed])
ECONOMICS
** Rothbard on Billionaires
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As candidates debate whether “billionaires should exist,” Douglas French revisits Rothbard’s sharp (and funny) critique—plus a harder point: inflation and credit expansion distort wealth, fuel margin-debt bubbles, and widen inequality. If the problem is policy-made money, confiscation isn’t the cure.
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ARTICLE HIGHLIGHT
** Keynes Wasn’t Wrong About Everything
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Just most things. Still, let’s revisit his bancor concept… with a twist.
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