The Great Reversal: How Social Contract Theory Became State Apologetics

Sweden Will Consider Ways To Limit Energy Use If Iran War Continues, Government Says Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sweden may need to consider options to reduce energy consumption, including rationing, if the disruption to the flow of fuel supplies continues as a result of the Iran war, the country’s prime minister and finance minister said on on April 23. Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson speaks at a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on Dec. 19, 2024. Johanna Geron/Reuters “We are not planning any rationing...

Dr. Per Bylund contrasts the futility of politics with the quiet power of entrepreneurship, showing how innovative businesses like Uber and Amazon actually dismantle regulations, reshape institutions, and push the state back more effectively than any protest movement or election.

India Rejects Russian LNG Under Sanctions India rejected Russia’s offer ​to sell it liquefied natural gas subject to US sanctions, despite a huge shortfall driven by Middle East tensions, leaving a tanker bound for India in limbo as talks continue on permitted cargoes, Reuters reports. The stance highlights the fine balance the world’s third-biggest oil importer and consumer is seeking to strike between securing energy supplies and avoiding LNG cargoes on which the U.S. has ​placed sanctions, which are harder to disguise and carry greater compliance risk. It also underscores the limits...