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"Washington's appetite for credit is competing against every American who needs a loan, and Washington always wins that ...
08/29/2026

"Washington's appetite for credit is competing against every American who needs a loan, and Washington always wins that competition."

Julia R. Cartwright, senior research fellow in law and economics at the American Institute for Economic Research, wrote that line as the national debt crossed 100% of GDP. This week it topped $40 trillion, months faster than forecasters expected.

Read her full breakdown of what rising debt means for everyday borrowing costs at 🔗 https://buff.ly/JCqY3JR

08/29/2026

Will America be more or less free by 2050?

George F. Will's answer on why he remains optimistic about the future 🔗 https://buff.ly/PPAQBch

08/28/2026

"You can't have a government if people think Judge Judy is on the Supreme Court."

Lamar Alexander argues that basic civic literacy is a prerequisite for self-government, and points to summer academies for history and civics teachers as one concrete fix.

Watch the full conversation on why civic literacy matters as much as any other subject at 🔗 https://buff.ly/qhBeMkd

08/28/2026

UATX freshmen with their new Liberty Fund books.

08/28/2026

As students head back to class this month, it's worth asking: how many of us have actually read the Declaration of Independence?

Historian Gordon Wood unpacks how a document just 1,337 words long, signed by 56 people, announced something bold: thirteen separate colonies declaring themselves one people, and an equal among the nations of the earth.

Watch him read the Declaration's opening lines and explain what they really meant at 🔗 https://buff.ly/l5LbLHU

Tariffs have become a bigger part of the policy conversation lately, with some arguing they should be used deliberately ...
08/27/2026

Tariffs have become a bigger part of the policy conversation lately, with some arguing they should be used deliberately as a strategic tool. Jon Murphy with Nicholls State University traces that idea through history and finds a track record of mostly failed attempts.

Read his piece and learn why most tariff deals fail, and what made one succeed at
🔗 https://buff.ly/HpXCHEc

08/27/2026

"Governments tried to run the economy and they establish privileges, protection for this industry, fomenting that other activity, and trying to allocate resources according to the wisdom of those in power at the moment."

As debates over government intervention in the economy resurface, Manuel Ayau's account of Latin America's mercantilist legacy and the privileges and misallocation it produced offers a cautionary parallel. Watch his full conversation with Liberty Fund at 🔗 https://buff.ly/IO0y8k4

08/23/2026

"I see so few examples of people exercising their academic freedom that I wonder what tenure really does."

Niall Ferguson argues tenure is supposed to protect academic freedom, but in his experience it does the opposite, creating "a culture of conformism" where tenured faculty become "the upholder of the orthodoxy." Listen to his full case on The Future of Liberty with Gov. Mitch Daniels at 🔗 https://buff.ly/b2Rzs9P

08/22/2026

AI optimists say it will save us. AI pessimists say it will ruin us. Brendan McCord says both sides are missing the one question that actually matters, and it's not the one you'd expect.

Hear the question he thinks the whole AI debate is missing and where his organization, the Cosmos Institute, fits in at 🔗 https://buff.ly/yIxv2Ni

Liberty Fund's Weekly Digest pulls together trending podcast episodes, relevant articles, and original content from acro...
08/21/2026

Liberty Fund's Weekly Digest pulls together trending podcast episodes, relevant articles, and original content from across our network, including Econlib and Law & Liberty.

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