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Ludwig von Mises Institute 

The State Isn’t Santa Claus, It’s the Grinch!

Like Santa, who gives free gifts to our children, people think of the state as providing services “for free.” However, the state cannot provide anything without first confiscating wealth from others—like the Grinch, who first stole all the presents in Whoville.

Americanbanker.com 

Payments trends that will drive 2025

From embedded finance to artificial intelligence to real-time processing, there are plenty of sources of competition and opportunity in the new year.

TheSpursWeb 

Tottenham ready for kit change as they target extra commercial income

Tottenham Hotspur are expecting to introduce a significant change to one of their kits next season in an attempt to sell more merchandise and potentially... The post Tottenham ready for kit change as they target extra commercial income appeared first on Spurs Web.

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Why NASA’s Sun-Touching Spacecraft Remains Out Of Contact - Forbes

  1. Why NASA’s Sun-Touching Spacecraft Remains Out Of Contact  Forbes
  2. History-making probe attempts closest-ever approach to the sun  CNN
  3. NASA probe makes closest-ever pass by the sun  VOA Asia
  4. Nasa’s Parker solar probe attempts closest ever pass of sun  The Guardian
  5. A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time  WIRED

Top Stories (uk) - Google News (com) 

The RPS Selection Box: Edwin's bonus games of the year 2024 - Rock Paper Shotgun

  1. The RPS Selection Box: Edwin's bonus games of the year 2024  Rock Paper Shotgun
  2. ‘It changed my idea of what games can be’ – the 31 games readers couldn’t put down in 2024  The Guardian
  3. Seven of the best videogames of 2024 (and we're as surprised as you)  Top Gear
  4. I played at least one retro game every week in 2024: Here are 10 I'd still recommend to everyone  PC Gamer
  5. The Best Reviewed Games of 2024  IGN

The New Republic 

Democracy Is No Bulwark Against Oligarchy

The hard lesson of 2024 is that liberals spent too much time fretting that Donald Trump would subvert democracy if he lost and not enough that Trump would win a free and fair election. We can argue about the reason why voters elected Trump—inflation, transgender hysteria, Joe Biden staying too long in the race—but we can’t pretend that those who cast their vote for Trump didn’t know they were choosing oligarchy.

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