Culture, the State, and the Problem of Liberty

Jeff Currie Warns Odds Of $5 Gas By Midterms Are "Extremely High" Jeff Currie Featured on BBG TV Veteran commodities strategist Jeff Currie has spent the summer warning that scarcity in physical commodity markets is becoming a persistent source of inflationary pressure and giving way to a commodities supercycle. After appearing on CNBC on Thursday, he joined Bloomberg Television on Friday morning to amp up that message, warning that tightening crude products supplies make $5-a-gallon US gasoline highly likely by November. "Crude is the signal, and now we think about products ... they...

Sweden Passes Law To Revoke Residence Permits From Migrants Who Fail 'Good-Behavior' Test Via Remix News, Sweden has passed a new migration law that will allow residence permits to be refused or revoked if foreign nationals are deemed not to have lived in an orderly manner, marking another major tightening of the country’s immigration system. The Swedish Parliament adopted the government’s amendments to existing immigration laws on Monday by 302 votes to 44, with the Left Party and the Green Party voting against the measure. The changes will mainly come into force...

"We Have The Receipts": Bartiromo Denies Fox Firing Update (1155ET): New details are rolling in about the Bartiromo situation - as the anchor is denying reports that she was fired from the station. According to The Hollywood Reporter:  Bartiromo, who is now repped by Bryan Freedman, who recently repped Justin Baldoni, as well as journalists Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo after their dramatic exits from CNN as well as Tucker Carlson’s exit from Fox, denies that she was fired and further claims that she is “still employed by Fox.” Freedman suggests they may pursue...