https://youtu.be/f7HG2ljcgTk First, we should recognize that institutions such as states show a natural aggressiveness. The explanation is very simple. If you have to fund your own aggressive ventures yourself, out of your own pocket, that will somewhat curtail your...
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Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
by Bryan Caplan | May 25, 2023 | Blog
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
Government Controls You by Controlling Your Trading Partners
by Bryan Caplan | May 21, 2023 | Featured Articles
Here’s an odd thought for a libertarian: The government very rarely tells me to do anything. Once per year, the IRS orders me to pay federal income taxes. Once per year, the state of Virginia forces me to pay state income taxes and get my car inspected. Once per...
The Free Market Serves the Masses, Governments Commit Genocide
by Keith Knight | May 20, 2023 | Blog
Amazon is simply the best store that ever existed, by far, with incredible selection and unearthly convenience. The price: cheap. Facebook, Twitter, and other social media let us socialize with our friends, comfortably meet new people, and explore even the most...
Democracy is Mob Rule by the Ignorant, Embrace Free Markets
by Keith Knight | May 18, 2023 | Blog, Libertarian Institute Roundtable
https://youtu.be/kQToT7640h4 A democratic vote is like the captain of a ship having to consult every passenger about the best course to chart through an approaching storm. – The School of Life, Philosophy in 40 Ideas (2020), p. 13 Watch on Odysee
Bernie Sanders Is Angry About Wealth
by Trenton Hale | May 17, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
Bernie is at it again folks. Recently, the Democratic senator proposed that the government confiscate all the money that a person makes above $999 million. This came about from an interview with Chris Wallace discussing his new book, It’s OK to Be Angry About...
The Truth About Discrimination – Walter E. Williams
by Keith Knight | May 14, 2023 | Blog
If people are free to discriminate in favor of, or against, a university or wine, what argument can be made against their having that same right with respect to choosing based on the race or sex characteristics of their mates, employees, tenants, or club members? If...
Black Youth Unemployment Before Democrats Started “Helping”
by Keith Knight | May 13, 2023 | Blog
Although most people are familiar with more recent statistics on black youth unemployment, not many are aware of the black/white statistics for earlier periods. Table 3.2 (below) shows that in 1948, the two were roughly equal. For that year, blacks aged sixteen to...
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More on Immigration and Public Property
Inspired by scholar Simon Guenzl, it occurred to me that regarding "state-claimed" so-called public property, people have been wronged not primarily as taxpayers but as potential homesteaders. (See Guenzl's "Public Property and the Libertarian Immigration...
The F35: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
“Soon after publication ‘Superiority’ was inserted into the Engineering curriculum of MIT, to warn the graduates that the Better is often the enemy of the Good, and the Best can be the enemy of both, as it is always too late.” - Arthur C. Clarke Superiority by Arthur...
Thomas Szasz: Champion of Freedom
Today is the 104th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Szasz (1920-2012), the great if unappreciated libertarian and defender of individual autonomy and dignity. A psychiatrist by profession, for over 50 years, Szasz was the foremost critic of the social-control system...
Iran Attack Liveblog (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)
My live coverage of Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel Saturday night, as it happened. Obviously much of this information has either been confirmed, disproven or become obsolete by now, but the thread is full of interesting details that didn't make it into my...
The Dogs of War are in Heat
The dogs of war are always in heat. They bark, they gnaw, they kill and breed. Civilisation a chimera, chewing through bones, tearing at flesh, the killers are never in defeat. No matter how well behaved they act, whatever laws claim to be their collar and what kennel...
Iranian-Americans Weigh in On Tehran’s Attack on Israel
National Iranian American Council (NIAC) president Jamal Abdi has commented on Tehran's major drone and missile attack on Israel on Saturday night. NIAC has worked to improve US-Iran relations and spent years pushing for increased diplomacy. We are deeply concerned...
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