DOES SPANKING VIOLATE THE NON-AGGRESSION PRINCIPLE?

The “bottom 99%” aren’t losing to markets: they’re losing to the Cantillon effect.

US Producer Prices Cooler Than Expected In March Despite Surge In Energy Costs The month-over-month change in producer prices had accelerated for five straight months ahead of today's March data, which is expected to surge thanks to Iran-war impacts on energy costs. Against expectations of a 1.1% MoM rise, March's Headline PPI shocked everyone by rising only 0.5% MoM (equal to the revised lower 0.5% MoM rise in both of the last two months). This pushed PPI up 4.0% YoY (the highest since Feb 2023) but well below the +4.6% YoY...

Brown University Prof Bans Take-Home Exams After Mass-Cheating Authored by Jennifer Kabbany via The College Fix, A Brown University professor says he will no longer allow students to take exams at home after he caught a large chunk of his class cheating on a test. Economics Professor Roberto Serrano said he allowed students to take a midterm at home, and 40 students, nearly half the class, earned a perfect 100; among the 86 students in the class, the average overall class score was 96, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported July 6. “I immediately knew that...