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• Monetary Policy
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  Keir Ketel | Friday, June 26, 2009
  Monetary Policy refers to the the process governments use to control money. In many countries, Monetary policy is controlled by a central bank. Central Bankers usually use a few different tools at their disposal in order to control the money supply, availability of credit, and the interest rates. Many economists feel that monetary policy can […]
• Bush Successor to Expand National Service
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  FEE.org Web Bot | Monday, October 13, 2008
  When it comes to national service and volunteerism, President Bush will be a tough act to follow. (Washington Times, Monday)
  
  Why is this any concern of the government?
  
  FEE Timely Classic
  National Service: A Solution in Search of a Problem by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
• Feds Can Seize Laptops at Border Without Cause
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  FEE.org Web Bot | Friday, August 1, 2008
  Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed. Also, officials may share copies of the laptop's contents with other agencies and private entities for language translation, data decryption or other reasons, according to the policies, dated July 16 and issued by two DHS agencies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…. DHS officials said the newly disclosed policies — which apply to anyone entering the country, including U.S. citizens — are reasonable and necessary to prevent terrorism. (Washington Post, Friday)
  
  From the land of the theoretically free. — H.L. Mencken
  
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  Liberty and Privacy: Connections by Joseph S. Fulda
• President Makes Carbon Offer to Nations
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  FEE.org Web Bot | Thursday, July 3, 2008
  In his final months in office, President Bush is mounting a last-ditch effort to forge a new global deal to limit greenhouse-gas emissions but finds himself once again at odds with much of the rest of the world on how to address climate change. (Washington Post, Thursday)
  
  What's more dangerous than a president in search of a legacy?
  
  FEE Timely Classic
  How a Free Society Could Solve Global Warming (pdf) by Gene Callahan
• The Subsidy of History
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  Kevin A. Carson | Sunday, June 1, 2008
  A considerable number of libertarian commentators have remarked on the sheer scale of subsidies and protections to big business, on their structural importance to the existing form of corporate capitalism, and on the close intermeshing of corporate and state interests in the present state capitalist economy. We pay less attention, however, to the role of […]
• Once-Killed Data-Collection Program Lives
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  FEE.org Web Bot | Tuesday, March 11, 2008
  “Five years ago, Congress killed an experimental Pentagon antiterrorism program meant to vacuum up electronic data about people in the U.S. to search for suspicious patterns. Opponents called it too broad an intrusion on Americans' privacy, even after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But the data-sifting effort didn't disappear. The National Security Agency, once confined to foreign surveillance, has been building essentially the same system.” (Wall Street Journal, Tuesday)
  
  Inquiring minds want to know.
  
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  “The State's Quest for Total Information Awareness” by David M. Brown
• Travelers Object to Searches of Laptops, Cell Phones
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  FEE.org Web Bot | Thursday, February 7, 2008
  “The seizure of electronics at U.S. borders has prompted protests from travelers who say they now weigh the risk of traveling with sensitive or personal information on their laptops, cameras or cellphones…. Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Asian Law Caucus, two civil liberties groups in San Francisco, are filing a lawsuit to force the government to disclose its policies on border searches, including which rules govern the seizing and copying of the contents of electronic devices. They also want to know the boundaries for asking travelers about their political views, religious practices and other activities potentially protected by the First Amendment. The question of whether border agents have a right to search electronic devices at all without suspicion of a crime is already under review in the federal courts.” (Washington Post, Thursday)
  
  The tentacles spread further.
  
  FEE Timely Classic
  “The Property Rights Origins of Privacy Rights” by Mary Chlopecki
• Alcohol, Prohibition, and the Revenuers
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  Donald J. Boudreaux | Tuesday, January 1, 2008
  The standard account of America’s experience with alcohol Prohibition centers on ideology. This account states that citizens were so infused with Progressive hubris that they set forth in 1919 on a futile quest to mandate morality by banning the manufacture and sale of liquor. But when they recognized that Prohibition was failing, Americans abandoned the […]
• US Regulators OK Google-DoubleClick Deal
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  FEE.org Web Bot | Friday, December 21, 2007
  “With U.S. antitrust clearance for its DoubleClick purchase, Google's focus now turns to European regulators, who are expected to be more critical of the top search engine linking up with a market leader in online advertising. Microsoft and other critics argue the deal would enable Google to dominate two aspects of the Internet advertising market — ad sales and ad-serving tools.” (Yahoo! Finance, Friday)
  
  The trust busters are on the case again!
  
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  “Breaking Up Antitrust” by Edward J. Lopez
• Federal Judge Voids Parts of PATRIOT Act
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  FEE.org Web Bot | Thursday, September 27, 2007
  “A federal judge has struck down two provisions of the USA Patriot Act, ruling they are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without showing probable cause.” (Seattle Times, Thursday)
  
  Progress.
  
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  “Undoing the Fourth Amendment” by Becky Akers