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Tag: Technology
Online Security Concerns Shouldn’t Enable a Surveillance State
At the 2012 London Olympics, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, crafted the message “This Is For Everyone.” And at that time digitized opportunities felt limitless. Now, […]
Caitlin Long: Fighting for Economic Freedom (Video)
In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand spoke with Caitlin Long, founder of Custodia, a financial institution anchored around bitcoin, sound money, and safe banking. They discuss the importance […]
A CBDC Would Not Be Money in the Sense Used in the Constitution
The latest fad in monetary policy circles worldwide is CBDC or Central Bank Digital Currency, a government-created cryptocurrency exchanged on a blockchain. Many fear that it would give governments complete […]
Will AI Eat Our Lunch or Make It?
Artificial intelligence (AI) will disrupt the restaurant industry to an even greater degree than it has already. It will also enhance human creativity and improve our cuisine. Disrupting and Enhancing […]
When It Comes to Big Tech and Monopoly Power: Patience is a Virtue, Antitrust is a Vice
At the start of 2023, many in the tech sector and the venture capital world were coming to terms with lost money due to the hyper-growth strategies they’d employed over […]
A Revolution in Public Transportation From A Town You Wouldn’t Expect
The city of Wilson, a quiet town of about 50,000 in eastern North Carolina, would not be the first place I’d look for a revolution in thinking about public transportation. […]
The Myth of Rural “Assistance”
As the old country proverb goes, “if it’s happened once, it’s damned-shor’ gonna happen again.” Robert Wright’s forthcoming book, New Deals Exposed: How the Miseries of the Great Depression are […]
Delivering on the Promise of Platforms
Platforms deliver on promises, and that’s why they exist. Platforms don’t sell anything on their own, but instead sell connections. That’s been true for a long time, but in the […]
The Amazing Cargo Ship
When I introduce my (mostly) freshmen students to the economics of international trade, I steal an idea that I learned from David Friedman and Steve Landsburg. I start by showing […]