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Justin Raimondo reminds us of the the history, and well as the ethical and fiscal importance, of the quest to end American military adventurism and what is so sweetly called American “global leadership [2]. (HT Walter Grinder)
Patrick Eddington argues that the case for pardoning Edward Snowden is getting stronger [3]. A slice:
Snowden’s actions forced companies like Verizon, Yahoo and others to grow a spine and start defending the Fourth Amendment rights of their customers.
One of the best books that I’ve ever read on the history and the significance of the textbook economic model of so-called “perfect competition” is Frank Machovec’s 1995 book on the subject, Perfect Competition and the Transformation of Economics [6]. In this Econ Journal Watch podcast, Frank reflects on that subject [7].
Speaking of podcasts, this week’s EconTalk is with the grump economist himself, John Cochrane [8].