Over the years I've heard countless arguments about which word best describes the American economic system. Some insist it is essentially socialist, while others favor the word fascism. (Fascism is socialism with a private-property and market veneer.) Still others...
Libertarianism
The Feds Are Coming for Libertarians
by Jim Bovard | Apr 23, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
On the day that Joe Biden was inaugurated as president, former CIA chief John Brennan announced on television that federal intelligence agencies “are moving in laser-like fashion to try to uncover as much as they can about” various suspect groups, specifically...
TGIF: Are Organizations Unlibertarian?
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 16, 2021 | Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
A few weeks ago YouTube suggested that I watch a 1988 episode of William F. Buckley's PBS TV show, "Firing Line," featuring Ron Paul, who at the time was the Libertarian Party candidate for president. I had to chuckle right at the top when Buckley introduced Rep. Paul...
For a New Libertarian Golden Age ft. What’s HAPAning Ep. 162
by Patrick Macfarlane | Apr 11, 2021 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
This last Friday, I joined Shaine Scalph of What's HAPAning for a marathon livestream. We discuss several topics, such as Biden's gun control measures, my recent feature article at the Libertarian Institute regarding the Chinese Uyghurs, the problem with civil...
TGIF: The Fraught World of Second-Bests
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 9, 2021 | Economics, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
When discussion turns to how to make government "better," however any particular person would conceive that condition, libertarians understand that we are in the fraught world of second-bests. In other words, because of the nature of the state, no solution that merely...

Are Vaccine Mandates Constitutional? ft. Blackbird w/ James Jenneman Ep. 161
by Patrick Macfarlane | Apr 4, 2021 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/0TRTwK7Top8 In February, I joined James Jenneman of Blackbird to discuss a ton of topics: the future impacts of covid, masks, the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, conspiracies, crypto, the Gestapo, and my Grandpa, the John Bircher. In this episode...

TGIF: Targeted Advertising Violates No Liberty
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 2, 2021 | Economics, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Last week I modestly attempted to show that no injustice takes place when A sells B the opportunity to pitch its product to C. This is the principle behind print, television, and radio advertising, and it is no different in the era of social networks like Facebook. In...

‘Private Companies’ Will Do The States Bidding – ‘Vaccine Passports’ Edition
by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 31, 2021 | Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
I’ve pretty much resigned myself to the fact that until the day I shuffle off this mortal coil I’m going to be subjected to the “it’s a private company” argument from “libertarians.” They’ve spread this asinine slogan so far and wide that they have progressives and...