How the Welfare State Turns People From Assets to Liabilities

by | Oct 15, 2025

The Libertarian approach to the welfare problem, then, is to abolish all coercive, public welfare, and to substitute for it private charity based on the principle of encouraging self-help, bolstered also by inculcating the virtues of self-reliance and independence throughout society.

– Murray N. Rothbard, Economic Controversies, pp. 902–03

Watch on BitChute

X

Odysee

Rumble

Keith Knight

Keith Knight

Keith Knight is Managing Editor at the Libertarian Institute, host of the Don't Tread on Anyone podcast and editor of The Voluntaryist Handbook: A Collection of Essays, Excerpts, and Quotes.

View all posts

Our Books

Recent Articles

Recent

How Politicians Secretly Wreck Economies

How Politicians Secretly Wreck Economies

https://youtu.be/BvdZ3HkrI1U Expert failure is especially likely where experts hold monopoly power and where they are insulated from the consequences of their predictions and actions. This is due to the lack of contestation over ideas and their interpretation, as well...

read more

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This