Norberg: Sweden’s ‘Socialism,’ the Loneliness ‘Epidemic,’ Degrowth, & Other Myths

NewsBusters— Capitalism and racism go together? I hear it all the time. “Racism is intricately linked to capitalism,” says famous Marxist Angela Davis. “It’s a mistake to assume that we can combat racism by leaving capitalism in place.” “Anti-racist” activist Ibram X. Kendi says, “In order to truly be anti-racist, you also have to truly be anti-capitalist.” This is just silly. In my new video, Swedish historian Johan Norberg explains how free markets discourage racism. Capitalists make a profit by...

usanewsgroup.com—Dave Ramsey’s Risky Plan For Social Security Is Unrealistic for Most Retirees. Here’s Why. Dave Ramsey says you can take Social Security at 62 if you invest all of it. But most people can’t do this, and many who can probably shouldn’t. You get to choose when to claim your Social Security benefits, but the consensus among most financial professionals is that delaying your claim for as long as […]

Music Business Worldwide—From Universal’s TikTok deal to Blackstone’s bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up. The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days Source

Washington Examiner—Social media’s collective action problem. A mostly forgotten footnote in the development of modern transportation is that early railroad passengers were often locked into their carriages. In retrospect, it seems obvious that bolting people into combustible and accident-prone vehicles was a bad idea, but the railroad is a useful reminder that humans are not always good at anticipating the effects […]