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Consiliul de Securitate al ONU s-a reunit luni, la cererea României, după ce o dronă rusească a lovit un bloc din Galaţi şi a rănit două persoane. Sesiunea specială a Consiliului de Securitate al ONU a avut loc la New York, în prezența ministrei de externe Oana Țoiu. Care sînt mizele acestei reuniuni pentru România şi pentru întreaga nostră regiune? Cum au gestionat autorităţile române situaţia creată de prăbuşirea dronei ruseşti peste un bloc de locuinţe pe teritoriul ţării noastre? Am întrebat-o pe Oana Popescu Zamfir, directoarea think tank-ului GlobalFocus Center. Reprezentantul Federaţiei Ruse în Consiliul de Securitate al ONU a pus sub semnul întrebării provenienţa dronei care a lovit blocul de la Galaţi şi a cerut o investigaţie la care să participe şi Rusia. Ministra Oana Ţoiu a reacţionat subliniind că investigaţiile tehnice indică fără îndoială că aparatul de zbor este de fabricaţie rusească şi a remarcat ceea ce a numit un mare paradox: Federaţia Rusă, ca membru permanent în acest Consiliu „ar trebui să asigure respectarea Cartei ONU şi vedem că ea este agresorul”. Oana Popescu Zamfir: „Cred că trebuie să vorbim despre trei paliere diferite de reacție în cazul României. Pe de-o parte, cel diplomatic, unde, tocmai în contextul scăderii încrederii în capacitatea instituțiilor românești de a performa la nivelul pe care îl așteptăm de la ele, aș simți nevoia să atrag atenția ca mesajele pe care le-a dat ministra Oana Ţoiu nu sînt mesajele ei personale, sînt mesajele pe care le-a elaborat diplomația românească. Și cred că asta arată că atunci cînd se vrea, există capacitate în Ministerul de Externe pentru ca România să poată să aibă o poziție de politică externă asertivă. Deci, pe acest palier, cred că reacția a fost foarte bună. Mai există palierul de comunicare strategică, extrem de important, avînd în vedere că ținta Rusiei, pînă la urmă, nu este în nici un caz populația civilă a României. Cu siguranță scopul Rusiei nu a fost să facă niște victime civile între cetățenii români. Scopul Rusiei este acela ca prin astfel de mijloace să slăbească sprijinul pentru Ucraina, pentru că este foarte ușor să consolidezi mesajul că dacă nu am fi acordat acest sprijin, nu ne-am fi aflat, direct sau indirect, pe traiectoria dronelor rusești, să scadă coeziunea între aliați. Pentru că de fiecare dată cînd un stat membru NATO se confruntă cu astfel de incidente, există întrebarea în ce măsură celelalte state sînt dispuse sau nu să-l sprijine. Vedem dezbaterea din spațiul public despre poziția Statelor Unite – dacă ea a fost sau nu suficient de fermă față de sprijinirea României. Or, aici instituțiile românești, în frunte cu administrația prezidențială, au dovedit un amatorism absolut șocant pentru faptul că sîntem deja în al patrulea an de război și că în spațiul public, s-a atras atenția deja în toate felurile posibile asupra importanței covîrşitoare a comunicării strategice. Ultimul palier este cel al securității per se. Pînă la urmă, primul în ordinea priorităților. Important este să nu mai fie nimeni victimă a unor astfel de incidente, să nu moară cumva cineva și, pe cît posibil, România să fie ferită de orice fel de efecte negative secundare ale vecinătății cu Ucraina. Or, și aici, deși sîntem în al patrulea an de război, vedem că autoritățile române încă nu au echipamentul necesar sau coordonarea necesară cu vecinii ucraineni și cu ceilalți aliaţi din NATO pentru a putea să facă față cu succes acestor incidente.”Ar fi avut argumente România să invoce articolul 4 din tratatul NATO, cel care prevede că orice stat membru al alianţei poate cere consultări cu aliații atunci cînd consideră că integritatea teritorială, independența politică sau securitatea sa sînt amenințate?Oana Popescu Zamfir: „Ar fi avut argumente, dar cred că a fost o alegere mai bună să ridicăm această chestiune în Consiliul de Securitate. Există o cutumă, mai degrabă la nivel tacit decît la nivelul regulilor scrise, de a nu face exces din invocarea articolului 4. Articolul 4 este mereu văzut ca o anticameră a articolului 5. Este un fel de modalitate de evitare a invocării directe a articolului 5. Articolul 4 în sine are o greutate diplomatică și securitară chiar extrem de importantă. Și atunci e de evitat utilizarea lui atunci cînd nu avem de-a face cu incidente majore, cu impact la nivelul alianței. Or, incidentul pe care l-am avut noi în România are în primul rînd portanță la nivel național. Nu este neapărat un incident care să afecteze alianța într-un mod care să solicite un răspuns coordonat la nivel NATO. Asta nu înseamnă că el nu va fi dat. Și NATO la momentul acesta consideră că Rusia a traversat nişte linii roșii. Și cred că vom vedea în perioada următoare acel tip de reacție a alianței care este codificat în documentele acesteia sub forma aceea care prevede că NATO va răspunde în ce domeniu, la ce moment și în ce mod va considera necesar. Fără să fie nevoie de o decizie formalizată, sînt sigură că în perioada următoare vom vedea că NATO își schimbă anumite poziționări față de Rusia, în lumina acestor incidente. Iar asta se poate realiza prin consultări informale între România și ceilalți aliați din NATO, fără să fie nevoie să ridicăm asta la nivel de articol 4. Pentru că s-ar putea să urmeze cîndva, în viitor, incidente și mai grave și e bine să rezervăm astfel de practici doar pentru acele momente.  România nu forțează în mod ne-necesar o reacție la nivelul alianței ci, din contră, înțelege cînd diplomația se face în spatele ușilor închise, dar semnalează în cel mai public mod cu putință, în fața unei audienţe globale, încălcarea de către Rusia a normelor internaționale.”Apasă PLAY pentru a asculta interviul integral! O emisiune de Adela Greceanu și Matei Martin Un produs Radio România Cultural 

Universitatea Craiova s-a impus în finala Cupei României în fața Universității Cluj și visează la un event după 35 de ani. Oltenii s-au impus la loviturile de departajare, așa cum au făcut-o și în semifinala cu Dinamo. Craiova va juca peste patru zile în Bănie pentru titlul din Superligă în fața aceluiași adversar, U Cluj. Finala Cupei României de la Sibiu dintre U Cluj și Universitatea Craiova a început cu un război al nervilor. Suporterii ambelor echipe au încercat să nu-i lase pe adversari să doarmă în noaptea de dinaintea înfruntării, mergând la hotelurile unde erau cazați fotbaliștii și folosind materiale pirotehnice pentru a crea haos și zgomot. Mai întâi au acționat suporterii oltenilor în jurul orei 1.00 dimineața, iar apoi, câteva ore mai târziu, au răspuns și suporterii Universității Cluj, în jurul orei 3.30. La Sibiu, cei mulți fani ai Universității Craiova, la fel și patronul Mihai Rotaru, au ajuns cu trenul, în timp ce fanii “Șepcilor roșii” au făcut coloane de mașini între Cluj și Sibiu.Toți s-au deplasat în corteo spre arenă, aceasta umplându-se la capacitate maximă, 11.700 de locuri. Scenografiile celor două galerii au fost la înălțime, iar spectacolul se anunța unul pe măsură mai ales că cele două combatante se vor întâlni peste 4 zile în Bănie și în campionat pentru finala Superligii. Pe teren, ambele echipe au avut oportunități de a marca, ardelenii au și făcut-o, dar reușita lui Macalou a fost anulată din motiv de offside. Oltenii s-au impus la loteria penaltyurilor Superioritatea oltenilor a fost pronunțată, dar nu s-a putut concretiza pe tabelă, astfel că partida a intrat în prelungiri și s-a decis la loviturile de departajare. Acolo oltenii au avut nervii mai tari, așa cum s-a întamplat și în semifinala cu Dinamo. Portarul Laurențiu Popescu a apărat șutul lui Iulian Cristea și Universitatea Craiova a câștigat Cupa României cu scorul de 6-5, având astfel un ascendent moral pentru finala de duminică din campionat. Universitatea Craiova a mai câștigat Cupa României și acum 5 ani în timp ce U Cluj nu mai pus mâna pe trofeu de 61 de ani.  Mijlocașul Universității Craiova Vladimir Screciu a fost foarte bucuros după ce echipa sa a câștigat Cupa, el fiind pe teren și acum 5 ani când oltenii au luat trofeul. Fundașul Nicușor Bancu, ales MVP-ul partidei, a fost și el în culmea fericirii după câștigarea Cupei și abia așteaptă meciul de duminică pentru a face eventul.

Președintele Nicușor Dan a avut un discurs controversat pe 9 mai de Ziua Europei. A criticat Uniunea Europeană, dar a prezentat și avantajele pe care România le-a avut de la aderare. Astăzi, președintele spune că a simțit că acel discurs este un mesaj de afecțiune pentru Europa. Șeful statului susține că dacă ne referim la Europa ca o icoană n-o să ajungem nicăieri. Pe de altă parte, președintele a anunțat posibilitatea unui guvern condus de un tehnocrat Cristian Tudor Popescu este Cap la Cap cu Cătălin Striblea la „România în Direct”. Ce are în cap Nicușor Dan? MAGA sau Europa? Care credeți că sunt planurile președintelui?

Președintele Nicușor Dan a avut un discurs controversat pe 9 mai de Ziua Europei. A criticat Uniunea Europeană, dar a prezentat și avantajele pe care România le-a avut de la aderare. Astăzi, președintele spune că a simțit că acel discurs este un mesaj de afecțiune pentru Europa. Șeful statului susține că dacă ne referim la Europa ca o icoană n-o să ajungem nicăieri. Pe de altă parte, președintele a anunțat posibilitatea unui guvern condus de un tehnocrat Cristian Tudor Popescu este Cap la Cap cu Cătălin Striblea la „România în Direct”. Ce are în cap Nicușor Dan? MAGA sau Europa? Care credeți că sunt planurile președintelui?

Într-o lume în care performanța pare împărțită între stadion și sala de operație, profesorul Irinel Popescu demonstrează că aceleași reguli, disciplina, răbdarea și spiritul de echipă pot construi excelența în ambele.De la copilul din Filiași care asculta, fascinat, vocile de la radio comentând meciuri, până la chirurgul care a scris istorie în transplantul hepatic, parcursul său este legat constant de sport. Invitat la „Prietenii lui Ovidiu” acesta e convins că sportul este firul care leagă comunitatea de performanță.

Moțiunea de cenzură inițiată de PSD și AUR ar urma să fie depusă în Parlament chiar în această după-amiază. S-au strâns deja cel puțin 230 de semnături, spun surse politice. Alianța PSD–AUR pentru moțiune a produs o undă de șoc pe scena politică. Cele două partide, cel puțin la nivel declarativ, susțin că nu au un acord politic după moțiune. Nu au vorbit, pentru moment, de o guvernare împreună. Între timp, premierul Ilie Bolojan spune că nu va demisiona înainte de moțiune și îl acuză pe liderul PSD, Sorin Grindeanu, că a mințit în tot acest timp. Ce rezolvă moțiunea de cenzură AUR–PSD? A greșit Nicușor Dan în această mediere? Cine va guverna țara dacă moțiunea trece?

Moțiunea de cenzură inițiată de PSD și AUR ar urma să fie depusă în Parlament chiar în această după-amiază. S-au strâns deja cel puțin 230 de semnături, spun surse politice. Alianța PSD–AUR pentru moțiune a produs o undă de șoc pe scena politică. Cele două partide, cel puțin la nivel declarativ, susțin că nu au un acord politic după moțiune. Nu au vorbit, pentru moment, de o guvernare împreună. Între timp, premierul Ilie Bolojan spune că nu va demisiona înainte de moțiune și îl acuză pe liderul PSD, Sorin Grindeanu, că a mințit în tot acest timp. Ce rezolvă moțiunea de cenzură AUR–PSD? A greșit Nicușor Dan în această mediere? Cine va guverna țara dacă moțiunea trece?

Cresc presiunile PSD pentru debarcarea premierului Ilie Bolojan. Miercuri, președintele Nicușor Dan se va întâlni la Cotroceni cu liderul PSD, Sorin Grindeanu, pentru a afla care sunt planurile acestui partid. Ilie Bolojan a spus că este posibilă o criză și că nu mai are energie să vorbească cu Sorin Grindeanu despre acest subiect. Între timp, PSD are mai multe reuniuni locale pentru a hotărî soarta coaliției. Este bine sau rău pentru România ca PSD să plece de la guvernare? Cristian Tudor Popescu este cap la cap astăzi la România în Direct.

Cresc presiunile PSD pentru debarcarea premierului Ilie Bolojan. Miercuri, președintele Nicușor Dan se va întâlni la Cotroceni cu liderul PSD, Sorin Grindeanu, pentru a afla care sunt planurile acestui partid. Ilie Bolojan a spus că este posibilă o criză și că nu mai are energie să vorbească cu Sorin Grindeanu despre acest subiect. Între timp, PSD are mai multe reuniuni locale pentru a hotărî soarta coaliției. Este bine sau rău pentru România ca PSD să plece de la guvernare? Cristian Tudor Popescu este cap la cap astăzi la România în Direct.

Jesús Huerta de Soto traces the Austrian school's intellectual roots from the Spanish scholastics to Rothbard, making the case that anarcho-capitalism is the natural endpoint of the classical liberal tradition.The Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Yousif Almoayyed.The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian school, bringing together leading scholars doing research in this vibrant and influential intellectual tradition.Full Text version of the Lecture (Submitted by Prof. Huerta de Soto):Thank you very much to the Mises Institute and Joe Salerno for his kind introduction as well as for inviting me to deliver this “Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture” to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Murray N. Rothbard's birthday. It is the second time I visit the Mises Institute to deliver this most important lecture: The first one was almost thirty years ago, back in April 1997, when I delivered a lecture on “The Scholastic Roots of the Austrian School”. In this second opportunity I am very happy to have been able to accept Joe's invitation and to come with a very well represented retinue of ten of my colleagues and doctoral students. All of them are teaching as professors or making their research at our more than twenty-year-old Doctoral and Master Programs in Austrian Economics at King Juan Carlos University back in Madrid, and which is the only one officially approved and with full validity inside the whole European Union. You have already had the opportunity to hear from each one of them a detailed description of the so-called “Madrid Austrian Research Hub” and of all the activities we are developing every year, including the 54 Doctoral Theses on Austrian Economics that have been read up to now in our program. And here you have also copies of the English version of our main books published by Routledge, Edward Elgar, and by the Macmillan Austrian Series edited by my Madrid Colleagues, the German professor Philipp Bagus and the Canadian professor Dave Howden. And you will have the unique opportunity to buy these books that, as you know, have a hefty price of almost 100 pounds each one, at the almost “stolen property” and symbolic price of 5 dollars per copy, thanks to the most generous help of the Spanish Jesús Huerta de Soto Foundation that is helping to finance our participation in this important event.And now what I will do in the next forty minutes is to try to summarize not only my main contributions, but also “The Libertarian Vision of the Scientific and Moral Truth” as we see it from our Austrian School Hub in Madrid. And I will do it by focusing on a series of fundamental points.Precisely, the youngest of all sciences, Economics is the one that has provided Humanity with the most important scientific contributionThe first one is that Economics, being the last science to arrive, or as Mises said, "the youngest of all sciences," has nevertheless achieved the milestone of providing Humanity with the most important scientific contribution. For the first time, and thanks to Economic Science, human beings have discovered and understood that voluntary social cooperation, free from all institutional and systematic external coercion, generates a spontaneous order that cannot be designed nor organized by anyone, and that peacefully and without limits drives the prosperity and expansion of Humankind.This transcendental message of Economic Science, on the one hand, resolves the impossible antithesis of attempting to apply, within the realm of interactions carried out by human beings endowed with free will, the manipulative approach of external entities that human beings have no choice but to use, supported by technology and the natural sciences, in order to dominate the subject of the material world. And on the other hand, this is a radically revolutionary message: for the first time, it has been scientifically demonstrated that states, in any of their forms, are neither necessary nor viable; that Society, understood as a process of voluntary human interactions, does not need anyone to govern it, because it regulates and organizes itself spontaneously; and that the attempt to coordinate Society on the basis of social engineering and state coercive commands is impossible, doomed to failure, and gives rise to all kinds of distortions, social conflicts and violence, that continually hinder and block human progress.Economic science is generalized into a complete Theory of Liberty that makes it possible to reinterpret History and promote the expansion of civilizationThe second point is that Economics has been generalized into a whole Theory of Liberty, understood as the most essential attribute and requirement of human nature. Liberty means that all human actions are carried out voluntarily, based on the principle of non-aggression, and free of external coercion or violence imposed and organized from above by the always minority group of human beings who, under whatever title, exercise any kind of political power.Moreover, Economics dismantles and turns upside down the erroneous and biased account of Thomas Hobbes and his followers. Neither was the "state of nature" a terrifying situation, nor did a supposed "social contract" ever exist or was it necessary to create and maintain a State that would impose order and guarantee peace. What happened was precisely the opposite: natural evolution consisted, above all, in the spontaneous discovery of the great advantages provided by voluntary exchanges and peaceful trade. Systematic and generalized violence, war, and terror arose only with the appearance of States, as coercive institutions composed of the most antisocial and violent human beings, who wanted (and still want) to live at the expense of plundering those citizens who earn their living by working and trading peacefully with each other (Oppenheimer, 1926).Thus, Economics, demonstrates that what Étienne de La Boétie named "voluntary servitude", is an anti-human aberration to which human beings have been subjected for centuries. And that it is not necessary to continue with the resigned habit of obeying the State; nor do governments enjoy an aura of prestige (but are literally "stripped" of any attribute of intellectual or moral superiority); nor is the caste—or “praetorian guard”—of intellectuals, “experts”, and acolytes that surround states and rulers to be regarded as untouchable; nor should we allow ourselves to be seduced and deceived by subsidies or perks, whether supposed or real, with which they seek to purchase the will and secure the loyalty of exploited human beings, so that they will consent, voluntarily and permanently, to their exploitation and servitude (De la Boétie, 1975).Economics is the Science developed by the Austrian School of Economics, which should in fact be known as the Spanish School, as it has its origins in the thinking of our scholastics of the Spanish Golden AgeThe third point is that Economic Science has reached its highest level of development thanks to the Austrian School of Economics. As you know, our school is based on the realism of its analytical assumptions, in the dynamic approach based on the entrepreneurial, creative, and coordinating capacity of every human being, and in the study of the spontaneous and self-regulated order of the social process of voluntary human interactions (Huerta de Soto, 2008). The institutional and multidisciplinary approach of the Austrian School is also very relevant. As a result of the spontaneous social process important institutions emerge which, in turn, make it possible and drive it forward: Law and property rights rooted in human nature and discovered and developed spontaneously outside the state; the family, a basic and essential institution, on which the expansion of Humanity is made possible and consolidated; moral principles, which act as a true "automatic pilot" for liberty and which human beings internalize and transmit from generation to generation, thanks to the family and other community or religious institutions; economic institutions, and in particular, money, which also evolves spontaneously outside the State, and which can and should be considered the social institution par excellence, since by overcoming the problems of barter, it enables the exponential multiplication of voluntary exchanges and human interactions, within which the rest of the social, linguistic, moral, legal, economic, and religious institutions are discovered, shaped, and perfected.Our fourth point is that the first theorists of the spontaneous order emerged in the field of law, led by the great jurists of classical Rome. They were the first ones to understand the organic and evolutionary nature of the social process, and so they became, without being aware of it, the first economists. Their tradition was kept alive throughout the Middle Ages thanks to the Catholic Church and, through thinkers such as Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Antoninus of Florence, and Saint Bernardino of Siena, eventually came to influence the Spanish scholastics of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries gathered around the University of Salamanca. As Rothbard demonstrated (Rothbard, 1976) these thinkers of the Spanish Golden Age should be considered the most immediate precedent of the Austrian School of Economics, which, precisely for this reason, should be called the Spanish School of Economics. And in fact, these Spanish scholastics were already able to articulate the following ten essential principles which constitute the theoretical foundation of the Austrian School:Firstly, the subjective theory of value developed by the Bishop of Segovia, Diego de Covarrubias, who as early as 1555 clearly explained that, although the objective nature of wheat is the same in Spain as in America, its price was higher in America because there human beings subjectively valued it much more highly; from this follows the correct relationship between prices and costs set out by Luis Sarabia de la Calle, in the sense that it is market prices that determine costs and not the other way around, as equilibrium theorists mistakenly believe; the Scholastics also realized that equilibrium models and prices lack realism and theoretical meaning because they presuppose a degree of knowledge “so complex that only God, and in no case human beings, could ever acquire it” (in latin “pretium iustum mathematicum licet soli Deo notum”), as already explained by the Jesuit cardinals Juan de Salas in 1617 and Juan de Lugo in 1643, more than three hundred years earlier than Hayek could conclude that “a science which assumes knowledge that can never be acquired is not a Science”; also the dynamic concept of competition is fundamental, understood as a process of rivalry among sellers based on the dynamic conception of market processes developed by Jerónimo Castillo de Bobadilla and Luis de Molina in 1589 and 1597, and that has nothing to do with the static model of "perfect competition" of equilibrium theorists; and also the important contributions of the Spanish Scholastics related with capital theory, business cycles, and the effects of fiduciary media generated by banks; so, particular emphasis should be placed on the rediscovery of the principle of time preference by Martín de Azpilcueta, following what Lessines had already stated in 1285; as well as on the fact that bankers commit mortal sin when they operate with fractional reserves, creating bank deposits as a form of virtual money (or chirographis pecuniarium, as Luis de Molina said in latin) that only exists in their accounting books and distorts the structure of relative prices, creating bubbles and deep economic crises that ultimately "bring everything crashing down," as Saravia de la Calle and Tomás de Mercado so vividly explained in the 16th Century; and in short, the Scholastic's idea that it is impossible to organize society through coercive commands due to lack of the information that would be required to give them coordinating content; as well as the discovery that inflation is a hidden and very harmful tax that arises from an act of tyranny, since it is neither known nor accepted by citizens, which would even justify the assassination of the King according to the theory of tyrannicide, a contribution originally made by the Castilian Comuneros eventually defeated by the tyrant King Charles V in 1521, and developed by Father Juan de Mariana almost a century later [in 1610].This entire line of proto-Austrian scholastic thought also spread throughout the Americas, especially in the newly founded universities of San Marcos in Lima and Mexico City in 1551 where brilliant disciples of these Scholastics, who had studied at the University of Salamanca itself, came to occupy prominent academic positions. Thus, for example, we should mention the cases of Bartolomé Frías de Albornoz in Mexico, and above all the great Juan de Matienzo, who became judge and president of the Royal Audiencia of Charcas and Lima from 1560 onwards (Popescu, 1997).Finally, the doctrine of our scholastics did spread even to North America two centuries later through the books of Juan de Mariana, who greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers of the United States.However, the southern part of the continent ultimately proved unable to neutralize the wave of growing statism and centralization that first came with the arrivals of the Habsburgs in Spain, and which was intensified even further after the arrival of the Bourbons with Philip V at the beginning of the eighteenth century (Martínez Marina, 1820). How different and much more prosperous and libertarian might the historical evolution of Spain and Latin America have been, had the statist centralism of the Habsburgs and the Bourbons not prevailed, and had the far more libertarian, local, and decentralized traditional representative institutions of the kingdoms of Castile instead remained predominant—institutions that were dismantled, together with Europe's first libertarian revolution, beginning with the defeat of the Castilian Comuneros at Villalar on April 23, 1521 (Leonard Liggio, 2025).The most important and far-reaching contributions of economic scienceLet us now turn, in greater detail, to the most important contributions of Economics, as developed by the Austrian School.First, human cooperation takes place spontaneously, without the need for anyone to organize it coercively from outside. This is so because human beings are endowed with an entrepreneurial and creative capacity that continually drives them to discover the multiple opportunities for profit that arise in their environment. Each of these opportunities embodies a previous discoordination in human behavior that remains latent until it is discovered and overcome by the corresponding entrepreneurial act. This entrepreneurial act always arises from a creative tension and interpretation of events of the outside world that is essentially subjective and, therefore, cannot be reproduced by any artificial intelligence algorithm; in other words, the same objective events can be interpreted in multiple ways, even contradictory ones, without it being possible to postulate which is correct until the corresponding entrepreneurial process is completed in the form of a subjective profit. In any case, every entrepreneurial act involves, firstly, the creation of information that did not exist before (regarding the profit opportunity that arose from the previous discoordination that had gone unnoticed); secondly, the transmission of that knowledge (directly to the parties involved in the entrepreneurial act and indirectly through a series of institutions and signals such as market prices); and third and finally, the coordination of the previous maladjustments takes place when the parties involved learn motu proprio, that is, voluntarily and for their own benefit, to discipline their behavior according to the needs of others (for example, when they discover that they achieve their ends more effectively by specializing and trading peacefully the mutual results of their efforts). The discovery of the essence of this pure entrepreneurial act, with its elements of creation and transmission of information and the spontaneous coordination of the previous maladjustments continually generated by human coexistence, constitutes the most important contribution that Economic Science has provided to Humanity, and explains why the spontaneous process of voluntary social cooperation that drives the multiplication of human beings and the expansion of civilization does not require any statist system of institutional coercion.Another essential contribution of Economics is the concept of Dynamic Efficiency, understood as the process of unlimited expansion of human creativity and entrepreneurial coordination that arises only within a specific institutional framework of moral and legal norms. This framework is the one grounded on the ethical principle according to which every human being has a natural right to appropriate the results of his entrepreneurial creativity; that is, a property right over what one has created and which did not previously exist, which is the most obvious and important human right. For this reason, (dynamic) Efficiency and Morality and Justice (properly understood) cannot be separated one from the other; or, as we might say, they are two sides of the same coin in the sense that only Justice and Morality induce and generate efficiency; and at the same time, what is dynamically efficient in economic terms cannot be neither unjust nor immoral. All of which, on the other hand, demonstrates the integrated order that exists in the social universe, and highlights the three levels of research (theoretical, ethical, and historical) that complement and reinforce with each other and are essential in our search for truth (Huerta de Soto, 2000).Finally, another key contribution of Economic Science is to have demonstrated the impossibility of socialism, or better, the impossibility of statism, in the sense that it is impossible for the State to achieve and coordinate what it promises for the following four reasons:First, because of the enormous volume of information required for such coordination, which the State cannot acquire because it is dispersed in the minds of the eight billion human beings who participate and interact in the social process every day. Second, given the tacit and inarticulate character of this information (and therefore its inability to be transmitted in an objective manner). Third, because the information that is generated is not "given," nor is it static, but instead changes continuously as a result of human creativity, making it impossible to transmit today information that will only be created tomorrow, and which is precisely the information that the organs of State intervention and the so-called “experts” would need today in order to direct society to achieve their objectives tomorrow. And fourth, and above all, because the coercive nature of State commands blocks the entrepreneurial activity of creating the very information which the State organization itself would need in order to give its commands a coordinating content. In sum, the State is always and everywhere violence and coercion; coercion blocks the entrepreneurial act of creation, discovery, and adjustment of discoordinated human behavior, while at the same time preventing the creation of the information and the emergence of free market prices that make economic calculation and social coordination possible. For this reason, statism is not only unnecessary but is also scientifically impossible.The impact of these essential contributions of Economics on the course of social evolution has so far been very limitedAll of these scientific contributions have so far achieved only a very partial, imperfect, and limited impact on the inertia of a social and political reality that has for centuries been characterized by the coercive power of States and rulers, and by the more or less resigned servitude of the citizens. And despite the very limited nature of this impact to date, which at best has materialized in a series of naïve and "liberal" revolutions aimed, with as much arrogance as lack of success, toward the impossible objective of trying to separate and limit the powers of states and rulers through political constitutions and "liberal democracies" (Rothbard, 2009); Humanity has been propelled as never before in those places and historical moments where it has managed, despite everything, to at least partially free itself from the State and open up some of the new channels of liberty shown by the teachings of Economics. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution, which was but the first chapter of the never-completed "Revolution of Liberty" inspired by Economics. And although what has been achieved in terms of prosperity and standard of living by the now eight billion human beings seems relatively significant—and indeed it is—we cannot even conceive of the standard of living and population size that could be achieved if Humanity were able to take full advantage of and fully implement the teachings of Economic Science.We can be few and poor in a context of servitude and submission to the State, or many and wealthy in a context of liberty (Hayek, 1988, p. 133). The globe is practically empty of human beings (the Earth's current population would fit into an area equivalent to that of the state of Alaska, with a population density equal to that of Brussels). And we cannot even imagine the prosperity that could be achieved in a free market daily driven by eighty billion, or even eight hundred billion, human beings. Economics explains and demonstrates that the increasing prosperity of an ever-growing population of human beings never results from deliberate and coercive State plans, nor from the egalitarian income redistribution, nor from increases in public spending, nor from subsidies, debt, or inflation, but only arises from the free market of the capitalist system. This consists of the process of voluntary exchanges among all human beings who, endowed with an innate entrepreneurial and creative capacity, are able to detect and assess, through the system of free prices, the relative urgency and necessity of each good and service, overcoming the relative scarcity of each and satisfying, every day and in the best humanly possible way, the desires and needs of billions of consumers. Entrepreneurs who succeed in this never-ending process of profit-seeking accumulate significant resources, which, in turn, are saved and invested in capital goods and new technologies that make human beings increasingly productive, boosting their wages and standards of living; a virtuous process of continuously expanding prosperity and population growth that, if not coerced or hindered by the State, has no limits.Therefore, it is crucially important for the future of Humanity that it be able to take full and maximum advantage of the lessons and essential message in pursuit of human liberty that Economics provides. But this will only be possible if we are able to unmask and carefully analyze the powerful forces of the pseudoscientific and counterrevolutionary reaction that has been mobilized to prevent the advance of the theory of liberty derived from Economic Science. Despite their diverse origins, they all converge on the same objective: to attempt to justify and preserve State coercion at all costs under the appearance of scientific legitimacy. They are driven by the "fatal conceit" (Hayek, 1988) of many visionaries, thinkers, and supposed "experts" who believe themselves to be clever enough to correct the spontaneous market order, of course, using the violence and coercive power of the State. Together with a privileged caste of rulers, bureaucrats and acolytes, they continually manipulate a Humanity that is sadly accustomed to serving the State. For all of them, it is vital that statism be maintained and that the message of liberty provided by Economics never prevail.Next, we will list the main reactionary pseudoscientific currents that have infiltrated Economic Science like a lethal virus and constitute, in Hayek's terminology, "the counter-revolution of science" (Hayek, 1955).Pseudoscientific reactionary currents opposed to Economic Science. The role played as “useful innocents” by many libertarian economists of the counterrevolutionary mainstreamFirst, positivism and scientism as pseudoscience. By "scientism" we must understand the improper application of the methods of the natural sciences to the field of Economic Science. Thus, while the natural sciences study their object of research as something external, measurable, and quantifiable, Economics studies the implications of the voluntary actions of human beings. And given the essentially creative nature of human beings, the supposed empirical "evidence" has, at best, only a superficial, partial, and always historically contingent value. In Bastiat's words, of "what is seen" —or rather, what is believed to have been seen— but not "what is not seen" (Bastiat, 1995); and at worst, it always entails the assumption, that human beings are an object of research that can be manipulated as the matter of the external world studied by the natural sciences. This inevitably introduces the idea that to improve the world, the State and its rulers must use their coercive power to manipulate and change the things they believe they see in their historically contingent "empirical photos." But these "empirical photos" cannot capture the underlying dynamic essence of spontaneous social processes, let alone what is already happening spontaneously to solve and coordinate every problem. Therefore, it is not surprising that from the very first steps of Economic Science promoted by the Austrian School, its most violent opponents were the "socialists of the chair" gathered around the German Historical School, reinforced in France by the empiricists of the school of Saint-Simon, the insane Comte, and Durkheim, who sought to create a new and alternative pseudoscience of society. And their unhealthy positivist and ultra-empirical influence has persisted to the present day, first through American Institutionalism and later through the massive compilation of empirical data, for example, in the work of Wesley C. Mitchell or Henry Schultz, the latter, as shown by Professor Salerno, having gone on to exert a decisive influence on his assistant Milton Friedman and, through him, even on the Chicago School itself (Salerno, 2023).Secondly, the pseudoscience of neoclassical economics is characterized by its claim that only its own approach constitutes true “science,” that is, the approach based on the principles of equilibrium, maximization, and constancy. Moreover, in addition to the lack of realism of its assumptions, it adds the reductionism of a mathematical language that has developed in response to the needs and demands of the natural sciences, but which is alien to Economic Science because it does not allow for the subjective concept of time or entrepreneurial creativity. Neoclassical economists develop their pseudoscience based not on real human beings of flesh and blood, but on "ideal types" that are like "robotic penguins" who, even in their most sophisticated dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models are limited to moving and reacting to events and State coercion as if they were characters of a sort of economic video game ("videogame economics"). Yet neoclassical pseudoscience, despite its apparent and ever-increasing sophistication, is not capable of accounting for the immense complexity of the real world and rebels against the idea of spontaneous market order in two ways that are equally harmful to human liberty: on the one hand, by promoting the coercive "social engineering" of central banks, States, and governments to use "fine tuning" to force reality toward to the mathematical optimum of their models; and, on the other hand, by labeling as "market failures" everything they believe they observe in reality that does not coincide, in their empirical studies, with their ghostly models of “perfect” equilibrium and adjustment (Milei, 2023); failures that, according to them, refute the "benefits" of the spontaneous order of the market and human liberty, and justify their elimination as soon as possible by a coercive State authority. Note also how neoclassical pseudoscience needs, and feeds upon, the empirical work of the previous pseudoscience, positivism, in order to justify its conclusions against human liberty and in favor of State coercion, so that positivists and neoclassicists join hands and end up reinforcing each other in their reactionary agenda.Third, Keynesianism and macroeconomics as pseudoscience. The very “macro” approach already entails, inevitably, an obvious bias in favor of justifying State intervention, aggression, and coercion against the spontaneous order of the market and human liberty. As F. A. Hayek pointed out in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in 1974 (Hayek, 1978), macroeconomists ignore everything they cannot measure, specifically truly relevant economic processes and theories. At the same time, they believe that certain aggregate concepts—which lack genuine economic meaning—possess a “real” existence, that permits to collect empirical information or evidence that can be manipulated and statistically treated. Once again, macroeconomic pseudoscience goes hand in hand with positivist pseudoscience, and the two reinforce with each other in their counterrevolutionary reaction. Furthermore, Keynesianism is particularly harmful: not only does it flatly deny the coordinating capacity of creative entrepreneurship and the spontaneous market order, but it also builds as an alternative explanation a whole model—of course—of equilibrium with permanent unemployment, to justify the coercive intervention of the State in the lives of human beings in the form of all kinds of fiscal and monetary manipulations. Moreover, the macroeconomic and Keynesian pseudoscience feeds upon, and is reinforced by, the pseudoscientific approach of the Neoclassical School, to the point that, the so-called "neoclassical Keynesian synthesis" became, throughout the twentieth century, the main reactionary movement inside Economics. Keynesians and macroeconomists thus become the champions of that intoxication with statism, manipulation, and political power which constitutes the framework, orchestrated by governments and central banks, to which we have, regrettably, become accustomed and in which we are forced to live. This context repeatedly destabilizes the spontaneous market order, generates serious financial and economic crises and social conflicts, and continually hampers the prosperity and advance of civilization.We have left the quasi-religious mysticism of Marxist pseudoscience for last, because Marxism was scientifically dead even before it was born: in fact, it emerged with—and was theoretically demolished by—the subjectivist revolution led by the Austrian School of Economics. From the beginning, the Austrian School's development of time preference and capital theory revealed the contradictions and grave scientific errors of Marxism, while at the same time exposing its pronounced character as an intellectual fraud (Böhm-Bawerk, 1949). This intellectual fraud was historically illustrated by the collapse of the Soviet Union, and of virtually all other communist countries, after many decades of unspeakable human suffering for a large part of the world's population, all of which was perfectly consistent with the theory on the impossibility of statism developed by the Austrian School beginning with the von Mises of 1920 (Mises, 1936), and which was the final nail that forever sealed the coffin of the corpse of Marxist pseudoscience (Huerta de Soto, 2010).Finally, in this context, we must mention the destructive role played by a number of distinguished economists who, although they defend liberty and the market economy, could be described as a kind of "useful innocents" in Mises' terminology (Mises, 1947). This is so because, even though they officially oppose rampant statism and defend liberty, by accepting—even if only partially—some of the postulates of the reactionary pseudoscientific currents we have described, they ultimately end up, often without intending to and much to their regret, providing additional impetus to the statist reaction within our discipline; for example, when they insist on advising States with proposals aimed at making them more efficient and at helping them do somewhat better things that they should not be doing at all. By way of illustration, we should include in this category of “useful innocents”, for example, thinkers as the Karl Popper of The Open Society and Its Enemies (Popper, 1966, p. 366), who came to admire the “scientific capacity” and even the “humanism” of Karl Marx, and who proposed a statist strategy of “piecemeal social engineering”; or George Stigler, when he claimed that only empirical evidence could determine which economic system, socialism or capitalism, might function (Stigler, 1975, pp. 1-13); and, more generally, the members of the Chicago School, led by Gary Becker and Milton Friedman. Becker when defending that only economics developed within the strict limits of equilibrium, constancy, and maximization, typical of the neoclassical pseudoscience, constitutes true "economic science." And even more serious could be considered the case of Milton Friedman, whose very sincere love of liberty and intense and popular media support for free markets stand in sharp contrast to his pseudoscientific approach based on the aggregate method of economics of Keynesian origin, on positivist empiricism, and on the full acceptance of the unrealism of assumptions. Only in this way it can be explained Friedman's litany of scientific errors which, much to his regret, have invariably ended up reinforcing statist interventionism, to the point that Hayek himself was forced to conclude that after Keynes's The General Theory, the book that has done the greatest harm to Economic Science has been Friedman's Essays in Positive Economics (Hayek, 1994, pp. 145).The failure of democracy and classical liberalism: the triumph of statismAs we see, many classical liberals and advocates of liberal democracy have also acted as "useful innocents." The fatal error of classical liberals lies in the failure to realize that their program is theoretically impossible, because it incorporates within itself the seeds of its own destruction, precisely to the extent that it considers necessary and accepts the existence of a State (even if it is "minimal") understood as the monopolistic agency of institutional coercion. Therefore, the great error of classical liberals is very basic: they believe in a program of political action and economic doctrine that aims to limit the power of the State, while at the same time accepting it and even considering state's existence necessary. However Economic Science has already shown that the State is unnecessary, that statism (even in its minimal form) is theoretically impossible, and that, given human nature, once the State exists, it is impossible to limit its power. On the other hand, liberal democracy is a concept as naïve as it is impossible. Mises already warned us that democracy could only function if all its participants accepted the classical liberal principles, which is impossible because democracy itself encourages and amplifies vote-buying and the partisan use of power. So, the inevitable conclusion is that "liberal democracy" is a contradiction in terms as absurd as speaking (following Anthony de Jasay) of a “square circle,” of “hot snow,” or of a “virgin prostitute” (A. de Jasay, 1990). And even Hayek considered democracy unworkable if it is understood as the exercise of absolute power by majorities (Kratos in classical Greek). It should therefore come as no surprise that democracy once and again tends to be a perverse system based on lying and buying votes with money stolen through taxation.The fact is that the State attracts like a magnet the worst passions and vices of human nature, for instance, when individuals try to obtain rents produced by others using the State's coercive power. Moreover, the combined effect of the privileged groups, the phenomena of governmental myopia and vote-buying, the megalomaniacal character of politicians, and the irresponsibility and blindness of bureaucracies generate a dangerous, unstable and explosive cocktail, continually shaken by social, economic, and political crises which, paradoxically, are always used by the political caste to justify further doses of intervention and statism that, instead of solving problems, further aggravate them. Statism therefore corrupts the entire social body and at the same time blocks the spontaneous and free market solutions of social and economic problems.In fact, the State has become the "idol" that almost everyone turns to and worships. Statolatry is the most serious and dangerous social disease of our time. We are educated to believe that all problems can and must be detected and solved by the State. Our destiny depends on the State, and the politicians who control it are expected to guarantee everything our well-being may require. Human beings remain immature and rebel against their own creative nature, which makes their future always uncertain. They demand a crystal ball that assures them not only knowing what will happen, but also that any problems that arise will be solved for them. This "infantilization" of the masses is encouraged by politicians, as it justifies their own existence and ensures their popularity, position of dominance, and capacity to control. In addition, a whole legion of intellectuals, so-called "experts," and social engineers join in this arrogant intoxication of power. Not even the Church and the most respectable religious denominations have been able to realize that statolatry today constitutes the principal threat to the free, moral, and responsible human being; that the State is a false idol of immense power, worshipped by all, and that does not allow Humanity to be free from its control or have moral or religious loyalties beyond those the state can dominate. Furthermore, it is kept hidden from the public that the state is the true source of social conflicts and evils, and "scapegoats" (such as "capitalism" or private property) are blamed for the problems, and they become the goal of the most serious condemnations, even from moral and religious leaders, almost none of whom have realized the deception or dared to denounce that statolatry is the main threat in the present century to religion, morality, and, therefore, to human civilization.Perhaps the main exception within the Church is included in the brilliant biography of Jesus of Nazareth written by Benedict XVI. That the State and political power constitute the institutional incarnation of the Antichrist should be obvious to anyone with a minimal knowledge of history who reads the former Pope's considerations on the most serious temptation that the Evil One can present to us (and I quote Ratzinger literally): "The tempter is not so crude as to propose to us directly the worship of the devil. He merely proposes that we opt for the rational solution, that we prefer a planned and organized world in which God may have a place as a private spiritual matter, but must not be allowed to interfere in our essential purposes. Soloviev attributes to the Antichrist a book entitled The Open Road to World Peace and Prosperity; it becomes the new Bible, and its core message is the worship of well-being and rational planning," by the state (Ratzinger, 2007). And so, we should not be surprised that, for example, the great author of The Lord of the Rings, J. R. Tolkien, whose Catholic anarchism I fully share, went so far as to say that he would arrest anyone for simply daring to pronounce the word "State." Because the State is, always and everywhere, a reality of violence and systematic coercion against the most intimate essence of the human being, which is his capacity to act freely, creatively, and spontaneously; and so, it is unavoidable to conclude that the State is essentially immoral and that statism constitutes the principal threat to humankind.A theological digression: the dismantling of statism as a logical necessity inseparable from the work of GodAnd almost without realizing it, we can go ahead with a theological digression on how dismantling the State is a logical and moral necessity inseparable from the work of God. I fully understand that referring to God in this conference may come as a shock to many of those present, but I would ask that even those who do not believe in God, at least for dialectical purposes, make an effort of imagination and, for the next few minutes, imagine that God does indeed exist.And what do we mean by God? We must understand God to be a Supreme Being, Creator out of love for all things. And the most important creature that God has created is precisely the human being: in His image and likeness. And if there is a point of connection between God and man, it is precisely in the creative entrepreneurial ability: the capacity to discover, to see, and to create new things, goals and actions. But now I am going to go one step further and attempt to demonstrate that God is not only the Supreme, loving Creator of all things, but that—moreover—God is libertarian.And what does it mean to say that God is libertarian? It means that God, the Lord of all the Universe, has absolute power over it, and yet He chooses not to use force, but always leaves his creatures free. To the point that He gives human beings the freedom to rebel against Him; even though, again and again, God forgives human beings and allows them to rise up and begin anew.God always lets the universe He has created, flow in a spontaneous manner ("laissez faire, laissez passer, le monde va de lui même" could be the motto of our libertarian God). And this despite the fact that human beings tempt God again and again and demand that He manifest His absolute power, that He give us clear and indisputable signs of His existence and supreme power in order for us to believe in Him. But of course, God does not accept our challenge. Why? Because love and liberty are inseparable, and a forced conversion, for example by an evident cataclysm, would be completely contrary to that liberty with which God has created human beings out of love.Moreover, the Kingdom of God is not of this world; Jesus himself says this to a fearful Roman state official, who was also in charge of judging him: "My kingdom is not of this world." Does this mean that there are two types of kingdoms? The kingdoms of this world or States, which would be legitimate at their own level (remember "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's"), and the Kingdom of God, of ("render unto God the things that are God's"). That is the standard interpretation that has prevailed until now, but I think is completely wrong. The Kingdom of God—which is the exact opposite of the kingdoms or States of this world—never makes systematic use of violence and coercion: it is a Kingdom that has already come to us and, moreover, has been given to us freely, in an act of immense mercy and love (Deus caritas est). And just as the hateful institution of slavery came to an end, the Kingdom of God will also dismantle the kingdoms of this world, the states of this world, or as St. Paul said, of every principality, power, and glory (Ephesians 1:21-23), because God is libertarian and man is made in the image and likeness of God.Ludwig von Mises, in his book Interventionism, introduced the term "destructionism" to refer to the economic and social effects of statism. If Evil (represented by statist destructionism in Mises' terminology) were to prevail, the human race and civilization would have disappeared long ago. The fact that, despite everything and the immense power of seduction of statism over humankind, the process of social cooperation continues to unfold and even prosper in certain historical periods and geographical areas, is a clear manifestation that God does not abandon the world nor leave libertarians alone in their struggle against the Evil; and that Good, represented by liberty, the principle of non-aggression, the spontaneous order of the market, entrepreneurial creativity and coordination, and above all, moral principles, always with God's help, prevails and is capable of overcoming Evil, represented by the fatal conceit of the statist ideal and the destruction that it produces.And now I will finish with some thoughts on anarcho-capitalism as the only possible system of social cooperation truly compatible with human natureAnd now I will finish with some thoughts on anarcho-capitalism as the only possible system of social cooperation truly compatible with human nature. The most important intellectual and moral event that is taking place nowadays is the full fusion between Christianity and anarcho-capitalism. Because anarcho-capitalism is the only possible system of social cooperation that is truly compatible with human nature. Anarcho-capitalism is the purest representation of the spontaneous market order in which all services, including law, justice, and public order, are provided through a voluntary process of social cooperation. In this system, no area is closed to the drive of human creativity and entrepreneurial coordination; efficiency and justice in the resolution of problems are simultaneously enhanced, while the conflicts, inefficiencies, and discoordinations generated by the State are eradicated at their root.The progressive abolition of States and their gradual replacement by a dynamic network of private agencies different legal systems, and providing all kinds of prevention and defense services, constitutes the most important social transformation that will take place in the twenty first century. Without forgetting that exactly what prevents us from knowing with precision what the future without the state will look like, the creative nature of entrepreneurship, is what gives us the peace of mind of knowing that any problem will tend to be resolved and overcome, once the entrepreneurial effort and creativity of Humanity are devoted to its solution (Kirzner, 1985).Therefore, the revolution against the “Old Régime” carried out in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the old classical liberals, today finds its natural continuation in the anarcho-capitalist revolution of the twenty-first century. The message of anarcho-capitalism is clearly revolutionary. Revolutionary in terms of its goal: the dismantling of the State and its replacement by a competitive market process consisting of a network of private agencies, associations, and organizations. And revolutionary in terms of its means, especially in the scientific, economic-social, and political fields:a) First, Scientific revolution, in the field of Economic Science, which becomes the general theory of spontaneous market order extended to all social areas. And by contrast and opposition, the theory and analysis of the effects of social discoordination generated by statism in any sphere in which it operates, as well as the study of the transition process from the State towards liberty.b) Second, an Economic and social revolution, as we cannot even imagine today the immense human achievements and discoveries that could be made in an entrepreneurial environment totally free from statism. Today, and despite continuous governmental harassment, an unknown civilization is already developing, with a degree of complexity that is beyond the reach and control of the state, and which will achieve unlimited expansion once it manages to completely rid itself of statism. And when human beings become more and more aware of the perverse nature of the State that restricts them, and of the immense possibilities that are frustrated each day when the State blocks the driving force of their entrepreneurial creativity, the social demand to reform and dismantle the State will multiply creating a future that is largely unknown to us but that will elevate human civilization to heights that we cannot even imagine today.c) And finally, a political revolution in which, although day-to-day political struggle is important, it should not be the top priority. It is true that the least interventionist alternatives must always be supported, in clear alliance with the efforts of classical liberals in their long term impossible democratic limitation of the State (including reforms such as those proposed by Hayek in the third volume of Law, Legislation, and Liberty). But the anarcho-capitalist does not stop at this task, for he knows that he can and must do much more. He knows that the ultimate goal is the total dismantling of the State, and this goal leads all his imagination and political action in everyday life. And here we cannot fail to mention the unprecedented impact of our disciple and follower of our Master Program in Austrian Economics in Madrid, the President of Argentina, Javier Milei, who has done more than anyone else before to disseminate the principles of the Austrian School and the anarcho-capitalist ideal. Principles that he never ceases to quote and explain and defend once and again in all his public appearances, from the United Nations to the Davos Forum; and in all his meetings with other Heads of State, universities, and parliaments, to whom he even gives copies of the most important Austrian works by Mises, Hayek and even myself, as he did, for example, with the two popes, Francis and Leo XIV, with the French President Macron, the Italian Prime Minister Meloni, and even with Elon Musk. For us, it is a great honor that Milei has, to a large extent, emerged from the Austrian School of Madrid and that he continually keeps drawing inspiration from us. This is, without a doubt, much more important than incremental political steps in the right direction—which should of course be welcomed—and that should never fall into a political pragmatism that could betray the ultimate goal of achieving the end of the State (Huerta de Soto, 2010).And all this with tireless enthusiasm in the search for scientific and moral truth, an attitude that, inspired by the immortal work of Miguel de Cervantes, we could describe as follows: "It matters not whether they be giants or windmills, when the plume of our helm is stirred by the winds of tenacity and faith." And always creating a future that, although it may seem distant today, may at any moment witness giant steps that will surprise even the most optimistic among us. 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Denis Roabeș, Cătălin Striblea și Răzvan Popescu revin la o poveste alături de mine. Povestim despre cum era viața lor acum 5 ani, care este nivelul de trai al Bucureștiului comparat cu alte capitale europene, influența AI-ului în muzică, experiențele personale ale anilor de tranziție, viața lui Denis la Moscova, eficiența RO-ALERT și multe, multe altele.

In this episode, we talk with Yale University Press Executive Editor Adina Popescu about what makes her interested in a book manuscript and in an academic author. Our topics include: What the query letter should include; how to approach the conference "book exhibit hall conversation with an editor; what occurs at the mysterious university press "boards" and who is present at those meetings; why and when book manuscripts return to reviewers; why an editor might ask for additional reviews of your manuscript, and how to get the most out of the review process. Adina also talks what has changed the most in publishing and book-reviewing. Don't forget to rate and review our show and follow us on all social media platforms here: https://linktr.ee/writingitpodcast Contact us with questions, possible future topics/guests, or comments here: https://writingit.fireside.fm/contact

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 482. Audio version of “A Tour Through Walter Block's Oeuvre,” in Walter Block – Anarcho-Capitalist Austro-Libertarian, Elvira Nica & Gheorghe H. Popescu, eds. (Addleton Academic Publishers, 2025). Thanks to George Besada. Made this audio version:https://t.co/dxc81hv00Z — Jorge Besada (@hayekian) February 19, 2026 https://rumble.com/v75zpme-a-tour-through-walter-blocks-oeuvre.-by-stephan-kinsella..html  

„Consiliul pentru Pace”, prezidat de președintele american Donald Trump, a fost propus mai întîi ca un organism menit să supravegheze reconstrucția Fîșiei Gaza. Ulterior, statutul său prevede implicarea în rezolvarea conflictelor din întreaga lume. Primul summit al acestui organism a fost anunțat pentru 19 februarie, la Washington. Polonia și Italia au anunțat că nu se vor alătura acestei inițiative. Președintele României, Nicușor Dan, a spus astăzi: „Sîntem încă în discuții cu partea americană.” Ce este de fapt acest „Consiliu pentru Pace”? Am întrebat-o pe Oana Popescu Zamfir, directoarea GlobalFocus Center.Oana Popescu Zamfir: „Este o manifestare a aspiraţiilor preşedintelui Trump de a juca un alt tip de rol de poliţist mondial, cum erau cunoscute Statele Unite. Şi anume, în contextul unei ordini globale, care este în mod real în schimbare, cred că preşedintele Trump încearcă să reformeze sistemul internaţional bazat pe instituţiile şi organizaţiile pe care le ştiam pînă acum, astfel încît să poată el personal și Statele Unite să exercite o influență cît mai mare asupra acestui sistem, din interiorul unor structuri noi, avînd în vedere că cele vechi, așa cum se vede, funcționează în mod limitat. (...) Principala problemă este în ce măsură, dacă inventăm structuri noi, ele servesc valorilor, intereselor occidentale, prezervării acestora într-un cadru nou sau riscă să le submineze. Pentru că principala obiecție vis-a-vis de acest organism este că el nu acordă tuturor un loc egal. Sigur că și în alte organizații, cum e cazul Consiliului de Securitate ONU, nu e toată lumea reprezentată, doar că există niște criterii mai reprezentative, mai juste decît acesta: dacă beneficiezi de spațiul bugetar să faci contribuția pe care a solicitat-o Trump ca să-ți cumperi un loc permanent. În momentul în care unele state își cumpără loc permanent, dacă își permit, și vor, și pot să investească, în timp ce altele, care nu au acel buget, nu pot să aibă decît un loc de membru temporar, deja asta creează niște inegalități, care ne spun că nu încercăm să reașezăm sistemul internațional pe niște baze juste, reprezentative, care să permită o reprezentare adecvată a intereselor tuturor, plecînd de la principiul că toate statele sînt, pînă la urmă, egale în fața dreptului internațional.”Ce ar trebui să răspundă România la invitația președintelui american de a face parte din „Consiliul pentru Pace”?Oana Popescu Zamfir: „Cred că nu este greșit modul în care președintele Nicușor Dan a răspuns într-o primă fază spunînd că analizăm cu seriozitate această propunere. Chiar dacă propunerea în sine are niște probleme evidente de la prima lectură, în momentul în care ea vine de la partenerul strategic al României, cu care avem o relație de atît de lungă durată și atît de importantă pentru noi, pînă la urmă este normal să iei în serios orice fel de propunere ți se face și nu să o respingi din prima fără o analiză, nici să o consideri neapărat bătută în cuie – poți încerca să negociezi, dar cu siguranță ai nevoie de un proces intern de analiză și dezbatere la nivelul celor abilitați să facă asta. În același timp în care spunem că luăm asta în serios, mi-ar fi plăcut să spunem că, la o primă lectură, există niște probleme fundamentale pentru România pe care trebuie să vedem dacă le putem depăși împreună cu partenerul american. Aceste probleme fundamentale sînt legate tocmai de dreptul și primatul dreptului internațional. (...) Sîntem o țară mică la nivel global, mijlocie la nivel european și sîntem în primul rînd protejați de dreptul internațional. Doar în contextul ordinii globale bazate pe reguli, România are aceeași voce, același vot în organizații internaționale, aceeași influență, aceleași drepturi și obligații cu toate celelalte state.”Apasă PLAY pentru a asculta interviul integral! O emisiune de Adela Greceanu și Matei Martin Un produs Radio România Cultural 

Andreea Popescu Cojoc a refuzat să rămână încadrată într-o etichetă comodă. Mult timp cunoscută drept „dansatoarea Deliei”, Andreea a demonstrat că povestea ei nu se oprește nici pe scenă, nici în lumina reflectoarelor. A construit businessuri, și-a consolidat o identitate proprie și și-a asumat un drum care a cerut muncă, disciplină și curaj. Este căsătorită cu un campion mondial la dans sportiv, mamă a trei copii și viața ei, privită din exterior, pare lipsită de griji: trei bone, călătorii… Totuși, dincolo de această imagine, se află o femeie autentică. Andreea poartă cu ea povești șocante încă din copilărie, traume care au modelat-o și au făcut-o să fie „un pic complicată”, așa cum se descrie singură.

Moldovans have voted in what is arguably the country's most pivotal election since independence in 1991. Our guest says that there was "a big danger that pro-Russian forces might have drawn Moldova into Russia's war against Ukraine". But that danger was averted, and voters gave a clear thumbs-up to Moldova's European future and its desire to join the EU. We analyse the result of this parliamentary vote with Nicu Popescu, a former deputy prime minister and former foreign minister of Moldova.

Cea mai ascultată emisiune din ţară în care românii se fac auziţi

În acest episod din seria Vorbitorincii LEADERS, galeristul și curatorul Dan Popescu intră în dialog cu Cătălin Striblea despre provocările și bucuriile artei contemporane românești. Absolvent de filozofie, Dan a fondat în 2002 Galeria H'Art, un spațiu care a devenit reper și teren de întâlnire între generații artistice.Cu pasiune și luciditate, vorbește despre scandalul expoziției de la Malmaison, unde simbolurile naziste ale controversatului Sorin Tara (von Neudorf) au stârnit aprige dezbateri, despre coconi - simbolurile grupărilor sanatinsite cum s-au explimat jurnaliștii de la Antena 1 la acel moment și despre loialitatea sa față de artiști precum Gorzo, Mocanu, Comănescu și alții. Un dialog despre misiune, reziliență și felul în care arta poate fi „cel mai scurt drum spre fericire”. 00:02:00 Exercițiu de artă contemporană la LEADERS 00:08:08 Artă conceptuală - banana lipită cu bandă adezivă de un perete - Imagine simbol 00:15:38 Povestea lui Ion Bîrlădeanu, un om al străzii 00:31:00 Piața de artă în România 00:42:34 Coloana Infinitului de Constantin Brâncuși 00:56:40 Mesajele lui Gili Mocanu 01:06:00 Arta întoarce totul în favoarea ta 01:16:56 Ion Grigorescu și simbolurile eternei reîntoarceri 01:28:00 Valoarea comercială versus valoarea culturala  01:38:00 Simbolurile sataniștilor au împânzit Bucureștiul  01:46:29 Mega scandalul din anul Ștefan cel Mare 01:59:43 Cel mai mare scandal de artă - 2025 02:17:00 De ce este Dumitru Gorzo un artist mare

For Episode 79 of STARK REALITY, Host James Dier aka DJ $mall ¢hange rolls the tattered red carpet out to Brooklyn and talks to special guest JULIA POPESCU. She is a multi-disciplinary artist who shows under the moniker and brand Snakes for Hair, her Tarot and candle company. Her work references ‘90s analog media and the occult, with a punk twist. Her spiritual practice is based on magick, manifestation and transformation for all. No one is free until everyone is free. Her site is www.snakesforhair.com and her IG is @snakes4hair $mall ¢hange met Julia once at a Palestine benefit party featuring Palestinian DJs etc about a year and a half ago, closer to the beginning on this ongoing genocide. She knows the time and has traveled to Lebanon multiple times and visited Palestine, which helped shape her awareness on these issues. She has a punk background growing up in the DC area in the '90s and seeing bands like Fugazi every week, doing various mutual aid projects in her youth. After a career in fashion she leaned into her witchy side and started making candles which took off into her own business and her moniker Snakes For Hair. Jim and Julia have a great conversation, talking about the silence of ppl during this genocide, operating an independent business, her own evolution politically, the DC punk scene, '80s/'90s zine culture, etc etc. Recorded July 9th, 2025. To hear Julia’s exclusive STARK REALITY Playlist of properly noisy and raw punk favorites, featuring Bad Brains, Fugazi, Bikini Kill, The Warmers, Patti Smith Group and much more, go to Episode 80 of STARK REALITY or STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your music podcasts. For all of Host James Dier aka DJ $mall ¢hange's in-depth interviews and exclusive guest playlists, Subscribe to both STARK REALITY and STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on Apple Podcasts, Mixcloud or live & direct on uptownradio.net / jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Channel's STARK REALITY Series Page See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textWondering how to get divorced without going to court? What exactly does a family mediator do? And is mediation actually better than hiring a lawyer? In this episode of Dirty Laundry, we're joined by Mary-Anne Popescu — the Executive Director of the OAFM (Ontario Association for Family Mediation) — to answer all your questions.Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by our podcast guest are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or the podcast. We value diverse perspectives and aim to provide a platform for thoughtful discussion and exploration of different ideas.Got any comments, suggestions or queries? We'd love to hear from you! DM us on Instagram @dirty.laundry.podcast to be featured on one of our upcoming episodes. Also, don't forget to rate and review our show on your favourite podcast player.

Cea mai ascultată emisiune din ţară în care românii se fac auziţi

Cea mai ascultată emisiune din ţară în care românii se fac auziţi

Cea mai ascultată emisiune din ţară în care românii se fac auziţi

Cea mai ascultată emisiune din ţară în care românii se fac auziţi

Cea mai ascultată emisiune din ţară în care românii se fac auziţi

Cea mai ascultată emisiune din ţară în care românii se fac auziţi

Cea mai ascultată emisiune din ţară în care românii se fac auziţi

Cea mai ascultată emisiune din ţară în care românii se fac auziţi

Prieteni, avem un episod cu adevărat special în care partenerii de dialog ai lui Cătălin Striblea sunt Cristian Tudor Popescu și Mihnea Măruță. Întâlnirea a avut loc la inițiativa lui Mihnea Măruță, care le-a propus partenerilor de discuție să se gândească la cinci lucruri care se vor schimba sau vor arăta diferit în viitor, schimbare influențată de tehnologia digitală.  Prieteni, urmează o discuție cum nu ați mai auzit. Scrieți-ne în comentarii și, dacă v-a plăcut episodul, mulțumim pentru fiecare share. 12:48 Mesaje de la ”fani” 19:09 Însoțirea fără soț - Propuneri de consecințe: îndrăgostirea de entitatea AI, exersarea tot mai slabă a memoriei, deprecierea oamenilor reali dimprejur, existența cuplului cu o entitate AI  53:00 Impactul platformelor globale și reclamele - Trecerea de la economia atenției la economia intenției 1:15:35 Brain-Computer Interfaces - Output Rate 1:40:50 Invazia fantomelor 1:54:20 Există o nevoie în creștere de a explica și a defini valori și concepte fundamentale  

What should America's grand strategy look like in a world shaped by resurgent great powers, regional conflict, and rising multipolarity? As China pushes to dominate the Asia-Pacific and Russia asserts itself in its near abroad, the stakes for global order—and for U.S. leadership—have never been higher. Meanwhile, the Trump administration faces the challenge of distinguishing first-order priorities from second-order distractions. Should Washington continue pursuing global primacy, or shift toward a leaner, more focused strategy rooted in realism? In this episode, Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with Ionut Popescu, Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas State University. Dr. Popescu is the recent author of No Peer Rivals: American Grand Strategy in the Era of Great Power Competition.Music by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, I sit down with my good friend Valentin Popescu, a Romanian missionary doing incredible work in Peru. We talk about how he's using Bitcoin as a real-world tool to bring hope and financial inclusion to some of the most remote and underserved communities in the country.Valentin shares his journey, from accidentally ending up in Peru after a back injury and a tragic loss, to launching a network of community centers that provide education, nutrition, emotional support, and now, Bitcoin. We get into his first experience using Bitcoin during the pandemic to buy food for families in need, and how that opened the door to building circular Bitcoin economies in the Andes, the jungle, and the coast.He's now running over a dozen community projects across Peru, places where Bitcoin isn't just a buzzword, it's how people are getting paid, buying food, and saving for the future. It's an inspiring story about faith, resilience, and the power of sound money to transform lives.Whether you're into missions, grassroots Bitcoin adoption, or just want to hear how sats are being spent in the Sacred Valley and the surf town of Huanchaco, this one's for you.Enjoy the show!- MikeSupport and follow Bitcoin Beach:https://twitter.com/Bitcoinbeachhttps://www.instagram.com/bitcoinbeach_sv/https://www.tiktok.com/@livefrombitcoinbeachWeb: https://www.bitcoinbeach.com/Support Motiv's Work:X: https://x.com/MotivPeruWebsite: https://motiv.ngo/IG: https://www.instagram.com/motivngoglobal/YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNWkLET6XQExcXqBL0SPguQFB: https://www.facebook.com/MOTIVNGOGlobalLI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/motivngoglobal/Browse through this quick guide to learn more about the episode:0:00 – Introduction1:18 – How can Bitcoin help poor communities around the world?3:31 – Who is Valentin Popescu and how did he end up in Peru?6:17 – What happened when Valentin moved to Peru as a missionary?10:15 – How did building playgrounds lead to Bitcoin in Peru?19:58 – Why did Valentin start giving shoes to kids in the Andes?22:45 – How did Bitcoin become a tool for crisis relief in Peru?25:14 – How did a lockdown in Peru lead to using Bitcoin for food?30:54 – Why are Bitcoin fees a problem and how does Lightning fix it?31:11 – What is Blink Wallet and how is it used in Peru?35:55 – How do poor communities start learning about Bitcoin?40:21 – Can Bitcoin help rural towns connect with tourists in Peru?41:43 – How is Bitcoin changing travel in places like Machu Picchu?43:35 – What is Juan Chaco and why is it a new Bitcoin hub?46:01 – How is Bitcoin being used in over 12 places across Peru?47:20 – Can farming communities really use Bitcoin every day?53:30 – Where is Bitcoin being used across the jungle, mountains, and coast in Peru?56:54 – How can people support or visit Motiv Peru's Bitcoin communities?58:38 – Can tourists really pay for everything in Bitcoin in Peru?1:01:20 – What is Motiv Global and how can others follow or get involved?Live From Bitcoin Beach

In this episode of Transmission Interrupted, join hosts Lauren Sauer and Rachel Lookadoo as they continue their Pathogens in Pop Culture series with a dive into the fascinating intersection of infectious diseases and the entertainment industry with esteemed guest, Dr. Saskia Popescu. Dr. Popescu, an internationally recognized infectious disease epidemiologist and global health security expert, shares her unique experiences providing epidemiological guidance and infection prevention strategies on film sets during the COVID-19 pandemic. From creative risk assessments and navigating ever-changing guidelines to the challenges of implementing health measures in diverse climate settings all around the world, Dr. Popescu provides a candid look behind the scenes of Hollywood's pandemic response. Get a glimpse into how science intersects with Hollywood magic, revealing an industry more receptive and complex than meets the eye. Tune in as we uncover the balance between safety and storytelling, and explore the uncharted territory of infectious diseases in pop culture.Questions or comments for NETEC? Contact us at info@netec.org.Visit Transmission Interrupted on the web at netec.org/podcast.GuestSaskia Popescu, PhD, MA, MPHDr. Popescu is an internationally recognized and experienced infectious disease epidemiologist and global health security expert with a strong background in enhancing healthcare biopreparedness, outbreak response, biosecurity, infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology, biothreat analysis, and pandemic preparedness/response. Skilled communicator directing progress through policy development, project management/team leadership, and providing pragmatic and real-world insight from experiences in leading outbreak field response, biosurveillance initiatives, and healthcare biopreparedness programs.She works at the intersection of science and policy to build capacity and support implementation of policies and collaboration across key stakeholders. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, she has engaged in science communication across media sources, including CNN, SkyNews, BBC, the Trevor Noah Show, This Podcast Will Kill You, NPR, Nature, Science, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Atlantic, etc.HostsLauren Sauer, PhD, MScLauren is an Associate Professor in the College of Public Health, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Core Faculty of the UNMC Global Center for Health Security. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and the director of the Special Pathogens Research Network.She previously served as Director of Operations for the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness where she ran the inpatient COVID19 biobank and served on the COVID19 research steering committee for JHU. Lauren's research focuses on human subjects research in bio-emergencies and disasters, in particular, ethical implementation of research and navigating the regulatory environment. The goal of her research is to provide health care facilities with the tools needed to conduct a clinical and operational research response in emergencies.Rachel Lookadoo, JDRachel Lookadoo is an Assistant Professor in the Epidemiology department of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and serves as the Deputy Director of the Center for Biosecurity, Biopreparedness, and Emerging Infectious Diseases. She also acts as the Director of Public Health Policy for the Water, Climate, and Health program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Ms. Lookadoo's background is as an attorney, and she focuses on the various legal...

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MG - invitat Cristi Popescu

Join Kellan and Gabriela Popescu as they explore the transformative power of self-love and personal healing. Gabriela emphasizes that by healing ourselves, we can inspire and empower others, especially women, to prioritize their own well-being. She shares her journey from chaos and self-hatred to finding peace through various healing modalities, including Reiki and meditation. The conversation discusses the importance of maintaining a strong vision for one's life and taking consistent action to build momentum. With a focus on forgiveness and grace, this episode encourages listeners to trust the healing process and seek help when needed, highlighting that true transformation is a commitment that pays off in profound ways.Takeaways: Healing yourself empowers you to inspire others, creating a ripple effect of change. A clear vision gives direction and motivation, essential for personal growth. Self-love is about acceptance and compassion, not indulgence or self-criticism. Daily actions, even small ones, can lead to significant compounding changes over time. Women often prioritize others over themselves; learning to put yourself first is crucial. Finding the right tools and practices, like meditation or breathwork, can transform your life. A holistic approach to healing? Contact Gabriela at phoenixmedicine.me Unleash Your Potential with FREE Resources!

This month, we head to the tropics and meet the Blue Iguana of the Cayman Islands! This endangered lizard is found nowhere else on the globe save for the island of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean, and just two decades ago, it's likely there were fewer than 25 animals remaining in the wild. This was a species that was functionally extinct, but thanks to the herculean efforts of a dedicated group of people, the Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi) has been brought back from the brink, with over 1000 iguanas now roaming the dry, rocky forests of Grand Cayman. In July of 2024 Bill traveled there to interview Fred Burton, the man many people credit as the main driver behind the effort to save this endemic species.This episode was recorded on July 25, 2024 at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, North Side, Grand CaymanEpisode Notes and LinksFind ourt more about conservation of the Blue Iguana by visiting the National Trust for the Cayman Islands.If you want to support efforts to help the Blue Iguana, you can donate here.Check out Fred's book, The Little Blue Book: A Short History of the Grand Cayman Blue IguanaIf you ever find yourself in Grand Cayman, we can't recommend enough that you visit the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, home to the Blue Iguana captive breeding program.Sponsors and Ways to Support UsGumleaf Boots, USA (free shipping for patrons)Thank you to Always Wandering Art (Website and Etsy Shop) for providing the artwork for this episode.Support us on Patreon.Check out the Field Guides merch at our Teespring store. It's really a great deal: you get to pay us to turn your body into a billboard for the podcast!Works CitedBurton, F.J., 2004. Battling extinction: A view forward for the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi). Iguana, 11(4), pp.232-237.Burton, F.J., 2005. Restoring a new wild population of Blue Iguanas (Cyclura lewisi) in the Salina Reserve, Grand Cayman. Iguana, 12(3), pp.166-174.Burton, F.J., 2011. Population restoration for a critically endangered reptile—the Grand Cayman blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi). Reptiles Australasia, 1, pp.35-44.Chan, N., Shen, Z., Mannion, A., Kurnick, S., Popescu, I.S., Burton, F.J., Calle, P.P. and Fox, J.G., 2021. Helicobacter cyclurae sp. nov., isolated from endangered blue iguanas (Cyclura lewisi). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, p.676682.

Întâlnirea cu scriitorul și jurnalistul Cristian Tudor Popescu este una intensă și destinsă, departe de tumultul ultimei perioade. Pregătiți-vă pentru povești care nu au mai fost spuse. 00:00 - Bancuri mai noi sau mai vechi, Radu și excesele alimentare de după analize (de bucurie că au ieșit bine), povestim cum a fost la Focșani și promitem, cu această ocazie, să urcăm înregistrarea la începutul anului viitor, gânduri bune pentru colegii de la Studio Mindopoly și avem o vorbă despre faptele bune pe care Asociația Mindopoly le-a făcut pentru copii mai puțin fericiți din 3 sate din județul Constanța. Găsiți pe vorbitorincii.ro mai multe date, dacă vreți să vă alăturați acțiunilor lor. Și, nu în ultimul rând, mulțumim pentru cadouri. 30:10 - Iar ne-am lungit cu încălzirea, dar de acum chiar începem episodul 99, ultimul din acest an, și vă spunem cum a fost la Maria Stuart în regia lui Andrei Șerban la TNB. Spectacolul e sold-out pentru ianuarie, dar musai să fiți cu ochii pe bilete când se pun în vânzare! O surpriză dulce de la colegii de la cumvaplace - trifle cu vișine (rețeta o să fie în curând și pe site-ul cumvaplace.ro) 42:10 - Cozonac cu lapte sau cu cafea, să ne scrieți în comentarii cum îl preferați. Noi nu cădem de acord :) Depănăm amintiri despre zilele Revoluției din decembrie 1989 01:04:10 - Filmul vieții și viața filmului. Cu Cristian Tudor Popescu 02:52:05 - Spuma Filelor aduce cărți minunate: Thierry Wolton - Întoarcerea vremurilor barbare, Pablo Maurette - Transmigrație, Cristian Tudor Popescu - Râsul dracului, Peter Attia - Outlive 03:19:21 - (P) Ecoturism în România. Invitat Andrei Blumer 03:50:46 - Vă deconspirăm numele invitatul episodului 100: marele actor Marcel Iureș. Vă mulțumim că sunteți aici și că ne urmăriți. Sărbători frumoase să aveți, oameni buni!

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Oh My! So much drama over the last week, it was hard to fit it into the entire show, but we managed.... 00:00:00 Agenda 00:10:00 Btown and Popescu00:29:00 Popescu defends himself 00:40:00 ATOM Update - who is Mace? 00:57:00 Tamed Nigel 01:34:00 Outros

Everybody has a story...Adriana's could help save a life! Dr. Adriana Popescu, a licensed psychologist and addiction and trauma specialist, discusses the importance of taking a holistic approach to mental health and recovery. She emphasizes the need to explore alternative perspectives and modalities, such as energy work and trauma-based therapies, in addition to traditional methods. Dr. Popescu encourages individuals to question their core beliefs and discover new aspects of themselves in the healing process. She also highlights the role of community and connection in recovery and the importance of personalized treatment plans. The conversation provides hope and inspiration for those seeking recovery and mental wellness. Connect with Dr. Adriana Popescu online at www.adrianapopescu.org  Keywords holistic approach, mental health, recovery, alternative perspectives, energy work, trauma-based therapies, core beliefs, personalized treatment plans, community, connection Takeaways Take a holistic approach to mental health and recovery, exploring alternative perspectives and modalities. Question your core beliefs and discover new aspects of yourself in the healing process. Recognize the importance of community and connection in recovery. Seek personalized treatment plans that cater to your individual needs. Sound Bites "Please don't give up hope. There are so many other ways to heal." "What if it isn't about fixing something that's broken, but changing the lens through which you see it?" "You're discovering something new about yourself that you didn't know was there." Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Technical Difficulties 03:46 Crossing Paths with TJ Woodward 06:21 Finding Hope in Dark Times 09:26 Finding Outlets for Healing 11:57 The Kaleidoscope of Possibilities Podcast 16:07 Thinking Outside the Box in Recovery 18:42 The Personalized Journey of Recovery 20:49 Exploring Energy Therapy 25:07 Questioning What We've Been Told About Mental Health 28:40 The Process of Discovery in Recovery 31:12 Upcoming Topics on the Podcast 33:28 Conclusion and Farewell ----------------------- Interested in working with Nate? PodStudio offers a full suite of podcast & live streaming production services and coaching. Head over to www.podcastnate.com and “Book a Call” to Unleash Your Voice & Amplify Your Impact! “At PodStudio we empower aspiring podcasters and digital entrepreneurs to utilize audio/video production to establish authority and scale their brand” -Nate Kelly, Best Selling Author & Founder of PodStudio. -Check out Nate's best-selling book, The Podcast Revolution at: https://a.co/d/7ePgHVy  ------------------- LEAVE NATE A VOICEMAIL AT (707) 385-1595 The Sobriety Diaries is a video podcast where we share powerful stories of recovery told by those who lived them. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts with new episodes every Wednesday, subscribe now!  Please share our show with just 1 person in your life who may be struggling, you just never know what they may need to hear today. Also, please consider donating to The Sobriety Diaries here: https://www.thesobrietydiaries.com/support/ Your donations help us to source the best stories from around the world and keep the show going!  Find all things TSD related and join our insiders list at www.thesobrietydiaries.com  Listen to The Sobriety Diaries on ALL your favorite platforms: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sobrietydiaries  Watch all of our interviews: www.youtube.com/natekelly  Try your best not to drink, and be good to yourself!  ---------------- Music: www.bensound.com  License code: DYPR0UXMQQVXYMA5 ---------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Label Free Podcast, host Deanna Radulescu interviews Dr. Adriana Popescu, a licensed clinical psychologist, addiction specialist, and empowerment coach with over 25 years of experience in the mental health field. Dr. Popescu is also a certified hypnotherapist, brain spotting practitioner, Access Consciousness Facilitator, Neuro Emotional Technique Practitioner, podcaster, and author. Dr. Popescu discusses various modalities she uses in her practice, such as brain spotting, Access Consciousness, and Neuro Emotional Technique, to help individuals heal from trauma, addiction, and limiting beliefs. She emphasizes the importance of addressing the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual components of psychological conditions. The conversation delves into the concept of high performers and how they often push down their traumas and limiting beliefs, leading to constant stress and burnout. Dr. Popescu highlights the significance of challenging and shifting these core false beliefs to empower individuals to live more authentically. Dr. Popescu's book, "What if You're Not as F*cked Up as You Think You Are?" explores how individuals come to believe lies about themselves and offers exercises from various modalities to challenge these beliefs. The title of the book reflects the core message of recognizing one's inherent wholeness and worth. The podcast host and guest also discuss the evolving landscape of mental health treatment, including the use of psychedelic-assisted therapy and alternative healing modalities. Dr. Popescu shares her podcast, "Kaleidoscope of Possibilities," where she interviews experts in energy psychology, consciousness, and spiritual work to educate the public about holistic approaches to mental health. Dr. Popescu provides various ways to connect with her, including her book's landing page, group healing practice website, personal website (https://adrianapopescu.org), and social media platforms. She encourages individuals to consider the possibility of not being as flawed as they believe and to explore the potential for growth and healing through alternative modalities and self-awareness.   As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below:https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Radulescu

Today I'll be joined by Dr. Adriana Popescu is a licensed clinical psychologist, addiction specialist, author and podcast host. She has been working in the addiction recovery space for over 25 years using a variety of really fascinating holistic modalities. If you've been listening to this podcast for any length of time, you know that I'm very obsessed with learning about all the healing modalities, and I'm excited to share this conversion with you because Adriana is going to be talking about some that I've not heard of before.   Just a little programming note, I lost my podcast editor a couple months ago, so I have been producing the episodes myself, which takes quite a bit of time. To make things a little easier, I'm taking a cue from my buddy Shane Ramer, the host of That Sober Guy podcast, and kinda treating it like a live show, which means very little editing. You'll have to let me know what you think!    And if I could ask a favor from you, please leave a review on Apple podcasts. There are several dream guests I have in mind that I would love to have on the show, and the first thing they do is check the number of reviews. So if you have 2 minutes, just tap the 5 starts in the app, and write a review. I'll have to read some on the next episode. It'll be fun! Maybe a little nerve wracking but still fun!   Anyway, I learned a ton from Adriana in this conversation,  so without further delay, please enjoy this episode and let me know what you think!   Connect with her here: ​​https://adrianapopescu.org/ Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, YouTube Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. You can watch the interview on YouTube here. Subscribe So You Don't Miss New Episodes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-one-day-at-a-time-recovery-podcast/id1212504521 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-one-day-at-a-time-recovery-podcast/id1212504521   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4I23r7DBTpT8XwUUwHRNpB   Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a8eb438c-5af1-493b-99c1-f218e5553aff/the-one-day-at-a-time-recovery-podcast