April 28, 2020
Generations of Keynesian Policies Have Made Us Extremely Vulnerable to the COVID-19 Economic Crisis
By Mark Hornshaw It will be, moreover, a great advantage of the order of events which I am advocating, that the euthanasia of the rentier, of the functionless investor, will be nothing sudden, merely a gradual but prolonged continuance of…
May 14, 2018
Free Speech Under Siege
by Jarret B. Wollstein How the rise of censorship and violent political correctness threatens democracy, diversity, and your freedom “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Voltaire “The…
December 18, 2016
Is liberty a "slippery slope?"
Imagine a slippery slope where big government is at the top, and way down at the bottom is anarchy. Libertarians often stand on the middle of that slope. People constantly tell libertarians, "You kids can play on the slope, but…
December 13, 2016
A Critique of Hans-Hermann Hoppe: Monarchy vs Democracy
Which is better, a monarchy or a democracy? According to economist Hans-Hermann Hoppe, both are not good, but a monarchies probably do less harm than a democracies. In his book, "Democracy: The God that Failed," Hoppe wrote that a monarchy…
December 6, 2016
Ken Schoolland – the Paradox of Politics
Ken Schoolland, President of Liberty International, talked about the Ethics of Liberty. He asked 3 questions generally speaking: Do you trust the campaign promises of politicians? Is an honest politician more likely to win an election than a dishonest politician?…
November 23, 2016
You can tell a lot about a person by how they view libertarians
As a libertarian, I've noticed something about my friends. Often, the way people view me says more about them than it does about me. For example, it’s a pretty good bet that if someone calls me a, "right-winger," they are…
November 21, 2016
Limited Government VS Voluntaryism
Jacob Hornberger The debate between "limited government" and "no government" advocates has been going on for decades. On March 1st, 2016, Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, published an article titled Why I Favor Limited Government. The…
November 15, 2016
How Fredrick Hayek Predicted a Trump Presidency In Cartoons
In 1940, Hayek wrote in The Road to Serfdom that it is, "the lowest common denominator which unites the largest number of people." This is one reason, wrote Hayek, that the worst always seem to rise to the top in…
November 5, 2016
Why libertarians are not good at organizing
I’m a passionate libertarian organizer who works for at least three liberty non-profits, and sometimes I get frustrated at how difficult it is to help libertarian movements. Part of the problem is that libertarians are highly independent and intelligent, so…
April 24, 2016
Jim Lark Presents the Ideas of Liberty
Jim Lark, professor in the University of Virginia's school of engineering and applied science, and board member of Liberty International, will give a talk at the Norwegian Libertarian Party congress on Saturday, April 30th, 2016 in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Libertarian Party…
September 20, 2015
Where Do Good Things Come From?
Andrew Humphries gave a presentation titled "The History of Liberalism", at the World Conference on Market Liberalization in Bali, 2015. His thesis was that almost all great things today are a result of the advancement of liberty throughout the past…
June 24, 2015
The Progressive Mind and Other Essays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqk7_e5Pv4c Journalist Stephen Browne presents his insights in to the mind of the progressives within civilizations; where they come from and why they believe what they speak about. Part of a work in progress titled "The Progressive Mind and Other…
May 11, 2015
An Idea Worth a Second Look
By Stephen Browne Researchers compared public support, measured by more than 2,000 public opinion surveys, for more than 1,800 public policy initiatives with the likelihood of that measure being passed by congress. Ideally in a truly representative system the percentage…
May 10, 2015
Government of the Gaps
It's easy win a debate against a libertarian. Just keep asking them questions. Sure, they might have a few answers for how private police would work, or the courts, or the post office, but just keep asking them how everything would…