Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu indicated Ankara is unlikely to approve Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids anytime soon. Turkey and Hungary are the only two North Atlantic Treaty Organization members that have not consented to the Nordic states’...
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NYT: Why Sweden is Moving Right
by Scott Horton | Sep 27, 2022 | Blog
Yeah, I bet this must be it: "This monumental rise is thanks to the dramatic changes in Swedish life over the past three decades. Once one of the most economically equal countries in the world, Sweden has seen the privatization of hospitals, schools and care homes,...
How Free Markets Make Poor Countries Wealthy (feat. Benjamin Powell, Ph.D.)
by Keith Knight | Sep 10, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/fmh1JeGAVP0 Here’s why: almost a hundred years ago, the Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises explained that socialism, even if run by benevolent despots and populated with workers willing to work for the common good, could still not match capitalism’s...
Turkey Could Block NATO Membership for Finland, Sweden
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | May 13, 2022 | News Roundup
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s sole Asian member has suggested it could bar two Nordic countries from entering the alliance.
COI #261: US Officials Say Finland and Sweden Will Soon Enter NATO
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 12, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #261, Kyle Anzalone discusses the addition of Finland and Sweden to NATO. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6...
Is Capitalism Sustainable? Mike Munger and Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Oct 27, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/Php4b9AepRA “The member of a contractual society is free because he serves others only in serving himself. What restrains him is only the inevitable natural phenomenon of scarcity.” Ludwig von Mises Human Action, p. 280; p. 283 ...“markets...
Economics Professor Refutes Socialism! Per L. Bylund & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Oct 17, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/JW9tlZdXOaY Per L. Bylund, PhD, is assistant professor of entrepreneurship and Records-Johnston professor of free enterprise in the School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University. Find his work here: Twitter: @perbylund PerBylund.com...
Is Sweden’s COVID-19 Response a Cautionary Tale or a Model to Follow? It’s Complicated
by Eric Schuler | Aug 2, 2020 | Featured Articles
In the ongoing debate about lockdowns in the US, Sweden has become the battleground. To mainstream media outlets, Sweden's experience is cited as a cautionary tale. CBS writes that Sweden has become "an example of how not to handle COVID-19". Meanwhile, to those who...
Episode 407: A Swedish Libertarian Talks About Sweden’s ‘Liberal’ Response To Covid-19
by Peter R. Quiñones | Apr 20, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
38 Minutes Safe for Work Pete had a talk with Swedish libertarian Joakim Ohlrogge. He lives in the epicenter of Sweden's Covid-19 cases and wanted to come on to talk about the unorthodox response Sweden is taking to the pandemic. Sweden has been criticized because...
Julian Assange: Sweden Drops Rape Investigation, Those Who Bared False Witness Against Him to Burn in Hell Forever
by Scott Horton | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog
At least they deserve to.
The US Military Is One Of The World’s Top Green House Gas Emitters
by Steven Woskow | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog
The Cost of War Project has calculated that the US military has produced a total of 1.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gasses since the beginning of the global war on terror in 2001. Of that, 400 million metric tons are directly due to war related fuel...
Mueller’s Sly Speech guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 7, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
Will Porter returns to FPF to talk about Assange, Russiagate, and Yemen. A Swedish judge rejected a prosecutor's request to ask the UK extradite Assange to Sweden for questioning about sexual assault allegations in 2010. Will explains this may be some of the first...
Swedish Court Rules Not to Extradite Assange for Rape Probe
by Scott Horton | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog
AP: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to Sweden for a revived rape investigation, but should still be questioned in the case while he is imprisoned in Britain, a Swedish court ruled Monday. The ruling by the Uppsala District Court doesn’t mean...
The Legal Battles of Assange & Manning
by Kyle Anzalone | May 13, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #348, I update the persecution of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. The UK sentenced Assange to a 50-week sentence for violating bail. The US is seeking his extradition on charges related to the Manning Leaks. Now Sweden is also seeking his extradition. ...
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The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
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