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Trump’s Unprecedented Assault on the Rules-Based Economic Order

BizNews.com The Rational Perspective January 13, 2026      By Barry D. Wood In Budapest some time ago, I came upon a wall poster bearing the likenesses of potentates whose imperial rule collapsed in the aftermath of World War I.  It was an advertisement for a museum exhibit. The Hapsburg empire in Vienna of Emperor Franz Joseph (seated) lasted 600 years. But stuck on the losing side of … Continue reading Trump’s Unprecedented Assault on the Rules-Based Economic Order

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Tomas Masaryk and Czechoslovakian Independence 100 Years Ago

Few people are aware that, implausibly, Czechoslovak independence was declared from Philadelphia 100 years ago.  That’s because Tomas Masaryk, the father of the new state, was in the U.S. seeking support from President Woodrow Wilson as world war one was winding down Masaryk was born in 1850 to a Czech mother and a Slovak father who was a coachman on a Hapsburg estate in Moravia. … Continue reading Tomas Masaryk and Czechoslovakian Independence 100 Years Ago

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