One of the most groundbreaking characteristics of a developed economy is the freedom entrepreneurs and firms have to develop their companies as they see fit. It was precisely this freedom that allowed Henry Ford to experiment with the 40-hour workweek in an age when...
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North Carolina Surgeon Wins First Round in Fight to Eliminate State-enforced Medical Monopoly
by J. Justin Wilson | Nov 20, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
Today, a state superior court judge denied the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ motion to dismiss a constitutional challenge to a law that bans medical providers from purchasing an MRI scanner without first obtaining special permission—called a...
Two More U.S. Deaths for Nothing in Afghanistan
by Jacob Hornberger | Nov 20, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
Two more U.S. soldiers have been killed during combat-support operations in Afghanistan. This brings to 19 the number of U.S. soldiers killed so far this year in the U.S. government’s forever war in that country. A total of 2,400 U.S. soldiers have been killed in...
Cops Put GPS Tracker on Man’s Car, Charge Him With Theft for Removing It
by Matt Agorist | Nov 20, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
Warrick County, IN — What would you do if you found a creepy device attached to your car that looked like something used to track you? Would you simply leave it there and go on about your business? Or, would you remove it? Well, a man in Indiana chose the former and...
Federal Reserve: Enemy of Liberty and Prosperity
by Ron Paul | Nov 20, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Lost in the media’s obsession with the impeachment circus last week was Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony on the state of the economy before the Joint Economic Committee. In his testimony, Chairman Powell warned that when the next recession inevitably...
The Murderous Modern State
by David D'Amato | Nov 19, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
The “Long Peace” Thesis Having considered the modern nation-state as a unique subject of historical and political inquiry, we turn to the widely popular notion that we are right now living amidst a “Long Peace,” characterized by falling rates of war and violence more...

A Farewell to Mars
by Phillip Pittman | Nov 19, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
I hate to admit that my amazing title for this article was shamelessly stolen from one of my favorite books of the same title. The aforementioned book is by Evangelical Pastor, Brian Zahnd. He seems to be proposing a way to view violence and militarism that differs...

Pennsylvania Aims To Move Forward Both On Medicinal & Adult Use Cannabis Programs
by Patrick McKnight | Nov 19, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Pennsylvania Considers New Recreational Cannabis Legislation A new effort to legalize recreational cannabis is coming to the Keystone State. Pennsylvania lawmakers Daylin Leach and Sharif Street are hoping to build support for their latest proposal, Senate Bill 350...