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Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Uniform Commercial Code
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have only recently become a widely discussed topic among influential figures in academia, media, and public policy institutions. However, initiatives to implement CBDCs around the globe have existed for years, especially in countries with autocratic governments, such as China and Russia. As of September 2023, 131 countries have said they […] -
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): A Basic Primer
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have only recently become a widely discussed topic among influential figures in academia, media, and public policy institutions. However, initiatives to implement CBDCs around the globe have existed for years, especially in countries with autocratic governments, such as China and Russia. As of September 2023, 131 countries have explored CBDCs. […] -
Renters’ Second Amendment Rights Are in Danger. Here’s How to Protect Them
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Since the Great Recession, the total number and percentage of U.S. renters has hit an all-time high.1 Moreover, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates several times since the start of 2022, making owning a home, considered by many to be “the American dream,” unattainable for millions. Due to these and other extenuating circumstances, more […] -
AI in Banking: The Threats to Liberty and Opportunities for Innovation
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Artificial intelligence (AI), automation powered by AI, advanced algorithms, and other emerging technologies are changing the landscape of the global financial services industry, including in the United States. AI offers numerous benefits to financial companies seeking to lower costs and provide speedier decisions for consumers and other businesses, but it also comes with significant threats […] -
AI in Criminal Justice: Reasons for Concern and Recommendations for the Future
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Artificial intelligence (AI), automation powered by AI, advanced algorithms, and other emerging technologies are now being used in criminal courts across the United States, raising serious concerns about civil rights and the trustworthiness of these tools. Mapping Pretrial Injustice, a website created by the Movement Alliance Project and MediaJustice, notes that “most states” now use […] -
AI and ESG: How Artificial Intelligence Is Being Designed to Advance Left-Wing Goals
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Over the next decade, artificial intelligence (AI), automation powered by AI, and other emerging technologies will play an increasingly larger role in the global economy. The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) estimates “between 400 million and 800 million individuals could be displaced by automation and need to find new jobs by 2030 around the world, based […] -
Foreign Ownership of U.S. Agricultural Land: Outlining the Biggest Problems and Potential Solutions
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -In recent years, America has experienced a remarkable trend: foreign individuals and corporations have been amassing millions of additional acres of U.S. agricultural land. Although some organizations have downplayed the significance of this development, there are substantial economic, national security, and freedom-related reasons policymakers should be deeply concerned. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture […] -
One in Every 39 Americans Will Die of a Drug Overdose at Current Rate
Opinion -Over the most current year of available data, more than 110,000 people in the U.S. died of drug overdoses, a rate of 33 per 100,000 population. -
LIVE TODAY at noon CT: WHO To Declare Climate Emergency? 😱 – In The Tank #425
Opinion -With the global climate conference, COP28, starting this week, global warming rhetoric is being ramped up into high gear. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Available for Media Interviews at UN Dubai Climate Conference (COP28)
Opinion -Press Release -“Climate activists and Third World hucksters will descend on the UN climate conference in Dubai next week demanding America pay climate ‘reparations’ for fictitious climate harms.” -
Get Ready for Another Pointless United Nations Climate Conference
Opinion -The COP28 event will emit large amounts of carbon dioxide but is unlikely to have any measurable effect on global temperatures. -
California Drowning
Opinion -Inept and radical leadership has taken the formerly Golden State to a new low. -
Your Front Yard is Non-Functional
Opinion -A popular website called LifeHack lists 25 things it calls “unnecessary wastes of money.” Wasteful items include dryer sheets, coffee k-cups, sliced cheese, cable TV, and buying a snack “every now and then.” One could endlessly debate the wisdom of slicing one’s own cheese or paying a bit more for pre-sliced. K-cups cost more than […] -
While America Pursues Renewables, Worldwide Expansion Is Underway for Nuclear Generated Electricity
Opinion -Sweden, China, India, Russia, and others are changing from occasional electricity from renewables to fossil-free electricity from nuclear that is continuous and uninterruptible. -
Offshore Wind Cannot Be Justified
Opinion -Offshore wind facilities are enormously expensive and environmentally destructive. -
Randi Weingarten’s Not-So-Dandy Year
Opinion -The union boss has been having an awful 2023. -
California Aims to Force Adoption of Electric Trucks, But 19 States Sue to Block
Opinion -Electric trucks suffer major disadvantages when compared to diesel trucks. -
Video: National Climate Report #5: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Climate Change Roundtable #88
Opinion -On this week's show, we cover all the silliness and distortions in the Biden administration's National Climate Assessment #5. -
Illinois Lawmakers Just Axed State’s Sole School Choice Program
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -The solution to a deteriorating public education system, which has operated as a near-monopoly for decades in Illinois, is more, not less, competition. -
Misguided Environmentalists Have Made Our Cities Filthy
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Newsom’s superficial, last-minute attempt to sanitize San Francisco symbolizes the superficiality of the modern environmental movement and the misplaced priorities of climate change crusaders. -
PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Files Notice of Intent to Sue Federal Agencies to Stop Whale-killing Virginia Wind Project
Opinion -Press Release -The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National Marine Fisheries Service have violated federal law by finding that the Virginia Offshore Wind project will not result in the destruction of the North Atlantic right whale as a species. -
Without Crude Oil There Would Be No Need for Electricity
Opinion -Everything that needs electricity is made from petrochemicals manufactured from crude oil. -
Research & Commentary: To Remain Competitive Economically, Texas Must Enact Education Savings Accounts
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation making its way through the Texas Legislature would establish a universal education savings account (ESA) program open to all children in the Lone Star State. These accounts would cover tuition, fees, and curricula for eligible children at private and parochial schools, as well as textbooks and uniforms, private tutoring services, transportation costs, and educational therapies. […] -
Judge Commits Fraud to Accuse Trump of Fraud
Opinion -Two powerful New York Democrats are trying to strip the Trump family of their wealth by using a patent falsehood.
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