Libertarian political philosophy, as a practical matter, does not offer a prefabricated set of solutions to collective problems. Rather, it's a liberty-based approach to ameliorating collective problems that begins by acknowledging (among other things) the dispersion,...
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TGIF: Libertarianism in Emergencies
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 27, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Libertarians have always acknowledged that emergencies -- severe extraordinary conditions of limited duration -- can justify actions that would be unacceptable under normal circumstances. This doesn't mean that all the rights-based rules disappear, only that some...
TGIF: Despite Appearances, ‘Price Gouging’ Helps People in Distress
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 20, 2020 | Economics, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
[This article originally appeared on the American Institute for Economic Research website on September 12, 2017.] Critics of the free economy often complain that the market fails to “behave” as economic theory predicts. Hence the voluminous literature on “market...
Three Arguments EVERY Police Officer Must Hear
by Keith Knight | Mar 18, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Don't Tread on Anyone, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxKDgNBQNRI BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/VDtcSRu8xnTA/ LBRY: https://lbry.tv/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b/3-ars-lbry:4 Archive: https://archive.org/details/threeargumentseverypoliceofficermusthear Part 1: Keith Knight...
What is Libertarianism? Stephan Kinsella & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Mar 16, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone, Economics, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HunN6f8XyIc Stephan Kinsella is a practicing patent attorney, a libertarian writer and speaker, Director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom (C4SIF), and Founding and Executive Editor of Libertarian Papers. Find his work...
Can the Government Restrict Travel to Protect Public Health?
by Andrew P. Napolitano | Mar 12, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
The issue of whether government in America can quarantine persons against their will, ostensibly for their own health and that of others with whom they may come in contact, requires a dual analysis — one of the powers of the federal government and the other of the...
Is Capitalism Moral? Jeffrey Tucker and Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Mar 12, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone, Economics, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXhoSMNfPrg Jeffrey Tucker and I discuss the morality of capitalism and right wing collectivism. LBRY: https://lbry.tv/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b/Is-Capitalism-Moral_-Jeffrey-Tucker-and-Keith-Knight:5 BitChute:...
Greater Idaho Movement Is the Latest Indicator of a Shift toward Decentralization
by José Niño | Mar 11, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Recently disgruntled residents of rural counties in southwest Oregon have been organizing a petition to move Idaho’s border westward to form a “Greater Idaho” that could also potentially include parts of Northern California. This petition...









