corruption
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How Money Laundering Became a Catch-All Excuse to Bully and Surveil
Crypto-related prosecutions illustrate how allegations of crime are used to target privacy-enhancing tools and the people who build them.
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Trump’s Maduro Move: Geopolitics Has Returned to Energy Markets
Recent US action in Venezuela is most plausibly a White House bid to control the flow of black market oil — not drugs.
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Venezuelan Tragedy: Socialism, Entitlement, and Tyranny Are Connected
Once prosperous and cultured, Venezuela has become destitute, crime-ridden, and hopeless. Young socialists should take heed.
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Medicaid’s Structure Actually Invites Waste and Fraud
Medicaid’s size and complexity create endless opportunities for gaming the rules. Incentives are skewed and accountability is weak, and the taxpayer always foots the bill.
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Bigger Government Means Bigger Fraud: Minnesota’s Billion-Dollar Lesson in Incentives
Minnesota’s largest-ever food-aid scandal reveals how weak incentives, political pressure, and lax oversight enable public-sector fraud to flourish — costing taxpayers billions.
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Better Policy is Not Enough in Argentina
Milei’s reforms are a step in the right direction, but Argentina finds itself in familiar territory: economic instability, a volatile currency, and persistent uncertainty.
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How Not to Run a Household — or a Country
What if Donald Trump ran Mar-a-Lago’s economic affairs in the same way that he’s trying to run America’s? Let’s take a look.
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“You’re Fired” — The President, Lisa Cook, and the Fragility of Fed Autonomy
Both parties have shown themselves willing to play politics with the Fed when it suits their interests. Neither likes it when the other does.
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María Oropeza’s Brutal Capture Shows Gen Z Where Socialism Leads
Freedom activist María Oropeza was thrown into a torture prison in the middle of her livestream. Behind promises of free rent is a deadly intolerance for dissent.
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Public Choice at the Pump: How Politicians Banned Self-Serve Gas for Years
Full-service stations enlisted government to block you from pumping your own gas, protecting their profits at the expense of consumers and would-be competitors.
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How Money Laundering Became a Catch-All Excuse to Bully and Surveil
Crypto-related prosecutions illustrate how allegations of crime are used to target privacy-enhancing tools and the people who build them.
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Trump’s Maduro Move: Geopolitics Has Returned to Energy Markets
Recent US action in Venezuela is most plausibly a White House bid to control the flow of black market oil — not drugs.
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Venezuelan Tragedy: Socialism, Entitlement, and Tyranny Are Connected
Once prosperous and cultured, Venezuela has become destitute, crime-ridden, and hopeless. Young socialists should take heed.
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Medicaid’s Structure Actually Invites Waste and Fraud
Medicaid’s size and complexity create endless opportunities for gaming the rules. Incentives are skewed and accountability is weak, and the taxpayer always foots the bill.
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Bigger Government Means Bigger Fraud: Minnesota’s Billion-Dollar Lesson in Incentives
Minnesota’s largest-ever food-aid scandal reveals how weak incentives, political pressure, and lax oversight enable public-sector fraud to flourish — costing taxpayers billions.
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Better Policy is Not Enough in Argentina
Milei’s reforms are a step in the right direction, but Argentina finds itself in familiar territory: economic instability, a volatile currency, and persistent uncertainty.
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•
How Not to Run a Household — or a Country
What if Donald Trump ran Mar-a-Lago’s economic affairs in the same way that he’s trying to run America’s? Let’s take a look.
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“You’re Fired” — The President, Lisa Cook, and the Fragility of Fed Autonomy
Both parties have shown themselves willing to play politics with the Fed when it suits their interests. Neither likes it when the other does.
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María Oropeza’s Brutal Capture Shows Gen Z Where Socialism Leads
Freedom activist María Oropeza was thrown into a torture prison in the middle of her livestream. Behind promises of free rent is a deadly intolerance for dissent.
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Public Choice at the Pump: How Politicians Banned Self-Serve Gas for Years
Full-service stations enlisted government to block you from pumping your own gas, protecting their profits at the expense of consumers and would-be competitors.