Conferences
February 20, 2018

Lebanon 2017 Winter Program

By Ken Schoolland On December 15, Patrick Mardini, President of the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies (LIMS) hosted activists from 5 major political parties: the Future Movement Party, the Lebanese Forces Party, the Lebanese Kataeb Party, the Azm Movement, and…
Uncategorized
December 22, 2017

LI plans for 2018

December, 2017 Dear Friends of LI, Thanks to the support by many of you, during 2017 Liberty International continued to spread the ideas of individual liberty and help the growth of a world liberty movement that is working for peace,…
Individual Rights
November 15, 2017

Bolivia: A liberty hell

By José Manuel Ormachea For the last few years, most of the regional analysis as to the status of civil, political and economic liberties has focused on the Venezuelan crisis. Nonetheless, there is another country where a crisis is taking place…
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August 21, 2017

Corruption and Liberty in Peru

Transcript from Jorge Luis Hérnandez Chanduví speech at the Liberty International World Conference in Puerto Rico. I was gladly surprised when I received an invitation from my friend Ken Scholland to participate in this important event. I was surprised because…
Uncategorized
August 17, 2017

MA program at CEVRO Institute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsW9ORUg7QQ Philosophy, Politics, Economics (PPE) – 3-trimester international master's program in Prague, Modeled on University of Oxford. Integrates political philosophy, politics and political economy, Renowned lecturers from Czech, US and European universities
Civil Liberties
June 13, 2017

Why Civil Defense Still Matters

Doctors for Disaster Preparedness is a small group of top scientists and doctors who publish a newsletter and hold an annual meeting at different defense and nuclear sites. At meetings speakers cover issues relating to civil defense, diseases, new chemical/technological…
May 4, 2017

Sally Pipes: Obamacare in "death spiral"

Obamacare will soon "celebrate" its seventh anniversary, said Sally Pipes is President and CEO of Pacific Research Institute, who added, "I hope it will be its last." Despite 54 percent of Americans being against Obamacare, along with many politicians, think…
April 17, 2017

Where is the anti-war left?

Talking heads on the both left and the right in America praised Trump’s decision to drop bombs on Syria, a move that could lead to unintended consequences and wars. But one group seemed strangely silent: the anti-war left. Where is the…
Conferences
April 4, 2017

Austin event a success!

Last month, Liberty International hosted a conference titled "Secrets to Preventing and Treating Disease in the Ever-Changing U.S. Health Care Landscape." The one-day conference was held in Austin, Texas, and featured John MacKey, Mary Ruwart, Sally Pipes, Naomi Lopez-Bauman, Kyle…
March 14, 2017

Minimum Wage Fraud Revisited–Again and Again

Federal and state politicians are eager to raise the minimum legal wage—again. They have raised the minimum legal wage many times before, but they complain that it is never enough. The last rise in the minimum wage wasn’t enough because…
Jonathan Gullible
March 14, 2017

Jonathan Gullible, the musical!

Lyudmila Melnikova from Karaganda, Kazakhstan directed and composed a rendition of The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free-Market Odyssey. The book was written by economist Ken Schoolland.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKyqKIbmFzE&feature=youtu.be
Blog
January 13, 2017

How the government broke my digital camera

Once upon a time, the government decided break my digital camera. Like the mean kid who throws your favorite toy down the stairs, the government succeeded in making all DSLR cameras worse for no reason. The consequence is that today,…
BlogEnvironment
December 13, 2016

Is climate change really that scary?

According to SkepticalScience, “rising sea levels are widely considered to be the greatest threat posed by climate change.”   For the purposes of this argument, we will ignore any kind of disagreement within the scientific community about other causes, or the…
Uncategorized
December 6, 2016

Why are we still in Afghanistan?

As a young soldier in Afghanistan, I remember asking a superior why we didn't venture into certain areas. Surprisingly, he said that those areas were controlled by the Taliban. But wasn't that the reason we were there, to get rid…
November 21, 2016

Why Trump won

The media elite, who have proven themselves to be hilariously wrong about everything in this election, are scrambling to come up with an explanation for how Donald Trump was elected to become the 45th President of the United States.  Everything about this carefully crafted…
Conferences
July 3, 2016

Cycle 16

JULY 4 – 8, 2016 We are pleased to announce that in addition to being free for all to participate in online via Liberty.me, this year’s CYCLE will be held live in Trakai Lithuania, July 4-9, 2016. The live sessions…
AfricaConferences
April 18, 2016

Morocco Conference May 25 to May 28

This message from Li Schoolland gives the latest information about the upcoming conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, which is organized by the Arab Center for Scientific Research and Humane Studies. The conference is not organized by Liberty International, but we fully…
Blog
April 18, 2016

Entrepreneurial Communities

Is a mall a community? Yes, argues Spencer H. MacCullum, an American anthropologist, business consultant and author. "The first, what you might call entrepreneurial community, was the hotel," said Spencer. He gave the example of the Tremont House in Boston in the…
International Relations
March 27, 2016

Eliminate the Borders

The following excerpt is in response to an anonymous advocate of closed borders. Pat Brock writes in response: I would not support closing borders. I advocate eliminating them. Isolation will not fix this problem. The people of the middle east…
Publications
March 23, 2016

Japanese Libertarian Heritage

The following is a republished work written by Ken Schoolland, President of Liberty International.  Author's Notes:   In May of 1985, ISIL was still called Libertarian International (LI) and will once again be LI, Liberty International. The publication was the…
March 21, 2016

Will Bitcoin End the Nation State?

"There's this fantasy that many writers talk about," said David Veksler, "of some magical technology that can magically give the individual some power over the state. Some way to evade the authority. Maybe it's a space ship, or maybe it's…
February 21, 2016

Dr. Mary Ruwart on Johnny Rocket Launch Pad

Dr. Mary J. Ruwart starred on the Johnny Rocket Launch Pad Show, a nationally syndicated libertarian radio show and podcast. Mary talked about the Food and Drug Administration , and the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP), government regulation and libertarian communication. "Libertarians are all about the…
February 21, 2016

How to Stop a Feud

Have you ever been in a feud? How did it end? Sometimes feuds can go on for a long time, going back and forth seemingly forever. But David Friedman said that historically, feuds were dealt with fairly quickly, because of…