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Max Gulker argues that a President Elizabeth Warren would be an even greater calamity than would a President Bernie Sanders [2]. A slice:
Warren presents herself as a tireless, technocratic savior of capitalism [3], but her plans give the U.S. government far more control over individual firms, households, and markets than anything proposed in recent memory. Warren, a legal scholar by trade, has moved into the complex realm of a modern economy, where a lawyer’s penchant for sweating the details is usually counterproductive and causes considerably more damage along the way.
Richard Ebeling explains that price controls suppress freedom of speech [5].
Richard Rahn defends freedom against socialism [7].
Frank Furedi sings the praises of tolerance [8]. (HT Walter Grinder)
Arnold Kling gives the left its due [9].
Alex Nowrasteh puts U.S. immigrant-deportation rates in historical perspective [10].
Alberto Mingardi reviews [11] Steve Davies’s book, The Wealth Explosion: The Nature and Origins of Modernity [12].