The Renaissance period is see as mostly positive by historians, but the sinister development of absolutism and the imperial state complicates the legacy of that time.
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On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Tho, and Connor look at the news this week, including the escalation of threats to turn federal troops onto blue states, criminal charges for former FBI Director James Comey, and yet another government shutdown.
Was Jackson’s victory over the Second Bank of the United States a triumph for liberty, or did it merely expand federal authority under the guise of constraining it? His legacy is complicated, but there is much we can learn from it.
The Renaissance period is seen as mostly positive by historians, but the sinister development of absolutism and the imperial state complicates the legacy of that time.
The media is trying to frame last week’s indictment of James Comey as a “norm-shattering” use of executive power for personal gain. In truth, it’s just the latest chapter in a much older story: the struggle between elected and unelected officials.
“As uncertainty deepens amid the U.S. government’s first shutdown in almost seven years, the gold frenzy continues to climb to new heights.”
Was Jackson’s victory over the Second Bank of the United States a triumph for liberty, or did it merely expand federal authority under the guise of constraining it? His legacy is complicated, but there is much we can learn from it.
Ilana Mercer describes how, with the genocide of Gazans almost complete, the media is now reporting on it as a way of absolving itself of its complicity.
Argentina’s central bank dipped into its already-depleted reserves to sell more than $1 billion of the US currency over three days to defend the peso.
Scott Bessent pledged on September 22 to do “whatever it takes” to prop up the Trump administration’s most important ally in Latin America