Sam’s Links: July Edition
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Sam Enright works on innovation policy at Progress Ireland, an independent policy think tank in Dublin, and runs a publication called The Fitzwilliam. Most relevant to us, on his personal…
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Atlas Shrugged and Interventionism
I. Atlas Shrugged in Brazil In 1988, when I was 27 years old, I read Ayn Rand for the first time. It was her novel Atlas Shrugged, in its just-released…
Ecopetrol Completes $1.2 Billion Brazilian Oil Deal
Colombia’s state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) has completed its roughly $1.2 billion acquisition of a controlling 51% stake in Brazil’s Brava Energia, significantly expanding its position in one of…
BHP Profit Jumps as Copper Drives Record Earnings
BHP delivered sharply higher full-year earnings as rising copper prices and improved operational performance boosted margins, while the mining giant outlined plans to direct billions of dollars toward expanding its…
The U.S. Is Quietly Building a New Energy Foothold in Iraq
There have been perhaps a handful of events since the end of the Second World War that have fundamentally reshaped the world’s oil markets and consequently its geopolitics while remaining…
Peter Thiel Bets $76 Million on Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Shale
Palantir chairman and hedge fund owner Peter Thiel bought a 1% stake in one of the biggest companies operating in the Vaca Muerta shale formation in Argentina in the latest…
Longtime GOP aide defects to Dem rising star as Texas Senate battle for Cornyn’s seat heats up
Following his bombshell primary defeat in May, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is facing another blow as his longtime aide is crossing the political aisle to work for the Democrat candidate…
Blue state mayor arrested for fraud sparks uproar for not speaking English in viral clip: ‘How is this real’
The mayor of a northern Massachusetts town went viral on social media in recent days after his lawyer told reporters the mayor doesn’t speak English when they pressed him about…
Socialists accused of ‘motor mouth’ rhetoric as longtime Dem strategist unloads on far-left candidate
Longtime Democratic pundit James Carville is firing back at recent jabs from a socialist candidate running to unseat a mainstream Democratic congressman in Tuesday’s primary elections in Florida. After Oliver…
White House tears into Ossoff with brutal takedown after jab at key Trump aide: ‘Lightweight loser’
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is facing backlash from White House officials and conservatives after taking a personal shot at Trump aide Natalie Harp at a campaign rally, referring to her…