Socialist Yugoslavia as a failed response to Mises and Hayek Recorded at Paupers Pub, Toronto, ON, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Predrag Rajsic is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph
Civil Liberties 
Prostitution in Canada
At 11am today, the Ontario Court of Appeal will rule whether the nation’s anti-prostitution laws are unconstitutional. I am not a constitutional expert, so I will defer to others for constitutional arguments around the issue of prostitution. When it comes
Quebec’s Brownshirts
During the rise of nearly every socialist/fascist regime, one of the ingredients has always been the formation of paramilitary, thuggish organizations that carry out the dirty work of the political leaders. This is necessary to silence dissent and intimidate voters
Nigel Farage interviewed on King World News
I listened to this interview done by Eric King of King World News with Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party from December 2010 a few weeks ago and thought that Nigel had some great insights into what was to
The Violence of Conservatism
[Originally posted on mises.org, Saturday, August 21st, 2004] Ads like this one make me shuder, mainly because I once thought of myself as a conservative (for both good and bad reasons). The ad runs, “3 Conservative Books for $1 each,”
Sweet Sorrow
It all started four days ago, when Nature published an article [gated] written by a group of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, calling for the regulation of added sweeteners, “controlling them like alcohol.” The media pounced like a lion
The History of Freedom
As I’m usually doing these days, I was listening to a CD from the LIFE Freedom Pack called ‘History of Freedom’ by Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady. These are two gentlemen who have studied a lot of history, and understand
The Bernank Channels Keynes…
With Today’s Fed announcement from Bloomberg Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the Federal Reserve is considering additional asset purchases to boost growth after extending its pledge to keep interest rates low through at least late 2014. Policy makers are “prepared to provide further monetary
SOPA: Who Is To Blame?
If you had the pleasure of visiting internet giants such as Google or Wikipedia today, you may have noticed something amiss on their respective homepages. In what has to be the largest internet protest in history, “blackout” symbolism is being
The Libertarian Case Against the Civil Rights Act of 1964
With Martin Luther King Jr. day just around the corner in the U.S. (1/16/2012), now is a good time to bring up what is often construed as racism by strict libertarians who hold property rights as sacrosanct. MLK is widely
The Libertarian Immigration Conundrum
The pre-1914 world saw no immigration issues or policies, and no real border controls. Instead, there was free movement in the real sense; there were no questions asked, people were treated respectfully and one did not even need official documents
Jury Refuses to Hear Marijuana Possession Case
A small piece of something beautiful. [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JLvzHo3fbk] Mark enjoys studying history, libertarianism, and spending time outdoors. He would love to be able to travel and spend time with good people. He welcomes all comments, criticisms, and questions.
The Birth and the Death of the Bank of Canada
Due to the interest surrounding the COMER suit being brought against the Bank of Canada, I thought it would be illuminating for people to view this Lecture given by Chris Horlacher on the Birth and Death of the Bank of
Bank of Canada Act
Bank of Canada Act R.S.C., 1985, c. B-2 An Act respecting the Bank of Canada Preamble WHEREAS it is desirable to establish a central bank in Canada to regulate credit and currency in the best interests of the economic life
Canadian Greenbackers Sue Canadian Government and Bank of Canada
An interesting development – an organization known as the COMER (Committee for Monetary and Economic Reform) is suing the Government of Canada for not living up to it’s duty to not print enough money for everyone in the country to satisfy all
What is Laissez-Faire?
[Originally posted at The Daily Reckoning, Sunday, December 18th, 2011] The latest data show that book sales are way up this season. So much for the prediction that books will be killed by technology. On the contrary, technology has enabled
The Green Superstate – what the global warmers really want
Who poses the greater threat to freedom?  Colonel Gaddafi? The Taliban? Or let’s look closer to home, at a sinister group with far, far greater influence on the future of Western civilization. The Green zealots, with their bicycles and wispy
Murray Rothbard & Occupy Toronto
So the Occupiers are being kicked out. There’s a debate about whether they should be allowed to stay. Critics are saying “you’ve made your point, now go home” while Occupiers like Nick Williams are saying “This document [Charter of Rights
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