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American corporations are lavishing billions of dollars on leftist groups in the name of “equity.” But many of them are also donating to even more questionable people and causes.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/putrid-underbelly-woke-capitalism

The Efficient Market Hypothesis claims that financial markets process information immediately and correctly. However, since the EMH is based upon unrealistic assumptions, we also have to question the efficacy of this hypothesis, especially when central banks intervene in the markets.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-financial-markets-operate-upon-superior-knowledge

The poet, the opera, and the Terror: when art dares to confront the violence of power. How one artist portrays the French Revolution and the political terror it unleashed is a grim reminder of what today's Bastille Day celebrations ignore.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/guillotine-and-lyre-what-andrea-chenier-reveals-about-french-revolution

Murray Rothbard called egalitarianism a "revolt against nature," and he believed that the egalitarianism inherent in the Fourteenth Amendment was socially harmful. Social engineering never turns out well, but that doesn't discourage progressives from engaging in it.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/social-engineering-under-fourteenth-amendment

Critics of free markets such as Oren Cass claim that Austrians and other supporters of the free economy are engaged in “market fundamentalism.” However, support for free markets is not an act of blind faith but is based upon understanding of how markets actually work.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/debunking-myth-market-fundamentalism

Throughout history, decentralization and secession have helped pave the way for more individual freedom. Naturally, political elites want to centralize everything, thus setting off the eternal battle between centralizers and decentralizers.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/forces-centralization-and-struggle-freedom

When does philosophy degenerate into simple propaganda? In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines the writings of Jürgen Habermas, concluding that much of what Habermas said was little more than ginned up Marxism.Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/jurgen-habermas-philosopher-marxist-propagandist

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/libertarian-silence-japan

Despite the chaos and nonsense coming from the different factions involved, neocons and enemies of peace and freedom in America have been revealed.Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/12-day-war-was-political-disaster-america-and-israel

Both many Pro-Natalists as well as their critics have a Malthusian view of the world in which humans seem to be impervious to incentives and changing conditions. It is time for praxeologists to speak up.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-pro-natalists-real-malthusians