I stumbled across a debate recently between the late, famed National Review editor Bill Buckley and then-Libertarian Presidential candidate Ron Paul on the former’s television show “Firing Line.” Buckley, ever the wordsmith and orator, chides the Good Doctor over libertarianism’s
Reprinted from the Circle Bastiat While incomes and living standards in the rest of the U.S. have been declining since the beginning of the new millennium thanks to the ever-increasing depredations of Big Government, Central Banking and Crony Capitalists on
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Jane Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist best known for her work on urban studies. Her best known work, The Death & Life of Great American Cities, should be of interest of libertarians everywhere. Her concepts such as,
One of the fundamental tenets of natural rights philosophy is that individuals own their own bodies, and can therefore do with them as they please. But what happens to your body when you die? Obviously, you can no longer own
[Excerpted from The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality (1954)] Critics level two charges against capitalism: First, they say, that the possession of a motor car, a television set, and a refrigerator does not make a man happy. Secondly, they add that there are still people
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Back in 2011, the Broadbent Institute was founded by Ed Broadbent, former leader of the New Democratic Party. The agency’s stated mission is to promote “democratic principles for the 21st century” along with “proposals for a more equal society.” Though
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Theft is bad. We all know this. Property rights are a fundamental tenet of civilized society. But why is theft bad, exactly? How did the taboo arise, and why is the act regarded as so harmful? Most people would probably
Reprinted from Mises.org [Eulogy for Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973)] Those of us who were privileged to know Ludwig von Mises have lost a dear friend who meant much in our lives and deeply influenced the direction of our thought and
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Recently, John Green—one half of the Youtube duo “vlogbrothers”, along with his brother Hank—has embarked on a video series discussing health care reform in the United States in light of the dawning of the Obamacare era. The most recent instalment
Reprinted from LewRockwell.com What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else. - Tom Clancy In the science of chaos, “attractors” are operational principles around which turbulence and apparent
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At the risk of sounding wishy-washy on the title’s question, let me answer succinctly: maybe. More correctly, bitcoin does function as money currently, although within some narrow confines. Some Austrian-school economists rely on Ludwig von Mises´ regression theorem as the
Reprinted from Mises.org Paul Krugman has recently been critical of Friedman (and Phelps), the Phillips curve, and the Natural Unemployment Rate (NUR) theory in the process of arguing that due to the recent Great Recession, the accompanying financial crisis, and Bush-Obama-Fed Great Stagnation,
The French revolution promised liberté, égalité, fraternité for its citizens. The present situation is somewhat different. Nowhere is this more apparent than in tax treatment. The Socialist government of François Hollande was elected over a year ago amidst an economic plan that
The last two years have been disappointing for gold investors and what happened this week to the yellow metal epitomized the frustrating price movement. After the Fed startled the markets by announcing that it was going to continue with its
Reprinted from Laissez Faire Today Oh, how the media love a good strike. Look at these fast-food workers and peasants standing up to the owners of capital! They aren’t going to take the oppression anymore. The suits in the boardrooms
In 2011 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Harper Government can’t force a national securities regulator on the provinces. So in 2013, Finance Minister Flaherty has presented an agreement that, “represents the best of what can be achieved
For whatever reason, libertarianism has been getting the cudgel treatment in the media lately. The leading voice of the attackers seems to be Michael Lind of Salon who can’t help giddying himself with Ayn Rand bashing, despite the foregone author’s
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Reprinted from FEE.org About a year ago, I wrote a piece in praise of the “explicit, uncensored, behind-the-scenes rent-seeking action” that is the opening scene of Shakespeare’s Henry V. As I write this column, the war drums are beating and the sabers are
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As a libertarian, I generally believe people are pretty well equipped to make decisions about their own lives. They are certainly in a better position to do so than politicians who know nothing about them or their situations. This may
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Our inaugural Liberty Now! event last year was a great success, with many interesting ideas, presentations, and workshops. Not to mention the crowd of well over 100 people! This year’s (on Saturday, October 26th) event looks like it’s going to
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