janeiro 2025

‘Controle estatal’, diz Sanderson, sobre monitoramento de transações

‘Controle estatal’, diz Sanderson, sobre monitoramento de transações

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O deputado federal Ubiratan Sanderson (PL-RS) definiu como um “absurdo controle estatal” o monitoramento da Receita Federal de todas as transações financeiras acima de R$ 5 mil.  A Instrução Normativa da Receita Federal, que passou a valer em janeiro deste ano, exige que instituições de pagamento informem ao órgão as transferências superiores a R$ 5 mil para pessoas físicas, e as R$ 15 mil para pessoas jurídicas. + Leia mais notícias de Política em Oeste Sanderson afirma que […]

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No, Marx Was Not an Important Economist

No, Marx Was Not an Important Economist

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An odd battle erupted on social media last week when economist Ben Golub questioned whether students in his field needed to work through “classic” authors such as Adam Smith and Karl Marx to claim expertise in economics. In a viral tweet, English professor Alex Moskowitz cited Golub’s question to indict the entire field: “[E]conomics is not a real discipline…because it hasn’t properly historicized it’s own methods of knowledge production.” “[A] knowledge of the history of one’s discipline is […]

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Maryland Cop Who Recklessly Shot a 5-Year-Old Boy Got Qualified Immunity

Maryland Cop Who Recklessly Shot a 5-Year-Old Boy Got Qualified Immunity

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During an August 2016 standoff with an armed woman at an apartment in Baltimore County, Maryland, a police officer fired his rifle through an interior wall into the kitchen. The bullet struck the woman, Korryn Gaines, in the upper back, then ricocheted off the refrigerator, striking her 5-year-old son, Kodi, in the cheek. The officer, Baltimore County Cpl. Royce Ruby, later testified that he fired the “head shot” without a clear view of Gaines, saying he could see […]

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How Awful Policies Fueled the L.A. Fires

How Awful Policies Fueled the L.A. Fires

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In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman reflect on the failed policy decisions that have exacerbated the L.A. wildfire crisis, as well as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that the company is ditching third-party fact checking on Facebook.   01:54—L.A. wildfires and failed policy 28:06—Weekly listener question 37:36—Zuckerberg announces the company nixes third-party fact checking 47:06—This week’s cultural recommendations   Mentioned in this podcast: “California’s Fire Catastrophe Is Largely a Result of Bad Government Policies,” […]

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"Regulation of Algorithms" Panel at Federalist Society Faculty Conference,

“Regulation of Algorithms” Panel at Federalist Society Faculty Conference,

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I much enjoyed participating, and I hope some of you will enjoy watching. Here’s the panel description: Opaque algorithms shape what news stories you see on social media, dictate how artificial intelligence answers prompts, and can even decide whether applicants get a mortgage or a job interview. Amidst claims of algorithmic race, gender, and viewpoint discrimination, more and more individuals of all political affiliations are calling for greater government regulation of algorithms, while regulatory skeptics worry that government […]

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