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In recent years, the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, has repeatedly claimed that money is a public good. This formulation has become one of the central rhetorical pillars of the digital euro project. When the ECB announced in October 2025 that it was moving into the next phase of this initiative, Lagarde once again emphasized: “Money is a public good. Full stop.”

Tomio Okamura, the Czech Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, made a New Year\'s speech which is a prime example of economic populism that pretends to be \"common sense\" but is actually based on systematic simplification, confusion of terms, and false dilemmas. Underneath the appealing language of optimism and concern for \"ordinary people\" lies a set of claims that deny known facts, ignore the government\'s policy statement, and distort reality.

In 1776, three texts appeared almost simultaneously that helped define the political and moral architecture of the modern world. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense gave popular voice to the radical idea that political authority must rest on reason and consent rather than tradition. Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations provided a systematic account of how prosperity emerges from freedom, specialization, and exchange.

The US and Canadian military are tracking Santa with private money, and you can bet on the results, all due to a typo. It is the season when people’s gaze is waylaid by the shiny, sparkling, colorful paraphernalia of Christmas attention-seeking, and so it is increasingly difficult to write about an important topic not sprinkled with holiday jollity. My feeble attempt to gain readers a couple of years ago depicted Santa as a Marxist monster.

The death of Charlie Kirk, a controversial right-wing political activist, has had a widespread impact, not only in U.S. politics but also across the globe. This article examines how the assassination of a conservative figure has affected the domestic politics of a country known for its long-standing government that prides itself on having traditional, conservative values, exactly what Charlie Kirk stood for.

‘Liberation Day’ marked a real threat to the world, as it risked sparking a global trade war. On 2 April, Donald Trump announced the largest tariff hike since the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, 1930. This move reflected Trump’s views on international trade and the global economy: He sees trade as a zero-sum game that the US is losing, and, to him, tariffs are a way to help the American economy and public finances.

The energy sector covers the trade of two fundamental goods: energy (including heat) and fuels. An energy-sector enterprise may operate in the fields of generation, conversion, transmission, storage, trading, or distribution of these goods.

Due to the activities of the Parliamentary Group on the Decriminalization of Marijuana, the debate on the decriminalization and legalization of recreational cannabis has returned to Poland. The Group plans to present a draft act that would decriminalize the possession of up to 15 grams of marijuana. Current research on drug policy indicates that, from a harm-reduction perspective, the most effective solution is the legalization of this substance.

Facebook warriors, digital civic circles, and who knows what other groups will lead Fidesz\'s campaign ahead of the 2026 elections. But why has the ruling party turned to these tools now, and what results can it expect from them?

The 4liberty.eu network in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Central Europe office has officially launched its new Manifesto, “Deregulation, Not Simplification: Europe’s Way Out of Bureaucracy,” at a high-level gathering in Brussels bringing together policymakers, business representatives and experts from all over Europe.