A new undercover documentary has just been released that strips away the carefully maintained illusions surrounding Europe’s migration crisis. Produced by the investigative outfit Muckraker and titled “Replacing Europe”, the film follows the West African route from the smuggling hubs of Mauritania, through the Canary Islands and mainland Spain, across the…
The recent reaction in the gold market to the September US inflation data offers a textbook illustration of how short-term speculative noise can obscure and distort longer-term realities. After the CPI print showed a 0.6% month-on-month rise and 3.7% year-on-year, followed by an even hotter PPI of 1.3% monthly and…
On 27 September, Swiss voters rejected the popular initiative to safeguard Swiss neutrality by a clear margin. Final results showed 70% voting No and only 30% percent Yes. The initiative, which sought to write a stricter definition of perpetual and armed neutrality into the Federal Constitution and to limit sanctions…
Part of the upcoming “World War III” documentary For many years and by many administrations, Americans have been told that endless overseas interventions, ballooning military budgets, and an ever-expanding intelligence apparatus are the price of freedom, security and global leadership. However, what they were not told is that this approach has hollowed out the nation’s institutions, eroded the civil liberties of…
Why Switzerland must tie its politicians’ hands On the 27th of September, Swiss voters will decide on the popular initiative “Safeguarding Swiss Neutrality.” The proposal would insert a new article into the Federal Constitution declaring Swiss neutrality perpetual and armed. Switzerland would be barred from joining any military or defence alliance and…
I have long admired Hans-Hermann Hoppe and closely followed his work for over a decade, as in my view, his is one of the most uncompromising, intellectually courageous and rigorous voices in the Austrian tradition. A few days ago I came across a wide-ranging conversation he gave on the Portuguese podcast CdK…
I have been following the work and writings of my good friend Jeff Deist for many years, as I’ve always found his insights extremely illuminating. Just a few days ago, I had the pleasure of coming across one of his most recent speeches and I found every word of it…
As my friends, clients and readers already know, I always tend to look at the world, despite its many problems, threats and disappointments, though an optimistic lens. However, even for a terminally glass-half-full kind of guy like myself, it is getting harder and harder to see the bright side given…
Part of the upcoming “World War III” documentary For decades, but especially over the last one, Europeans have been told to embrace multiculturalism as a net positive for society and for the economy. They were told to open their hearts and their doors to newcomers and to give them a chance to culturally…
For decades, Western democracies operated under a comfortable consensus: censorship was a blunt instrument reserved for authoritarian regimes, while the “free world” relied on open debate, robust dissent, and constitutional safeguards. This sentiment allowed Western leaders to feel superior over the rest of the world, to lecture other countries on democratic…
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