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A World Imagined: Nostalgia and Liberal Order

by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | Jun 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism

Recent political tumult and the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency have driven anxious commentators to lament the collapse of a post-1945 “liberal world order.” Nostalgic for the institution building and multilateral moment of the early postwar era, they...

6/12/17 Eric Margolis on the 1967 Six-Day War and its aftermath

by Scott Horton | Jun 12, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, the famous foreign affairs correspondent and author of “War at the Top of the World” and “American Raj”, on the 1967 Arab Israeli War that started fifty years ago this June. In a wide ranging interview, Margolis delivers a 101 on postwar Middle Eastern...

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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism

Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...

A Response to My Memorial Day Critics

My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...

Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle

https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...

The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”

Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...

The Lesson From Germany and Korea

Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...

Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options

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...

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A World Imagined: Nostalgia and Liberal Order

6/12/17 Eric Margolis on the 1967 Six-Day War and its aftermath

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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism

A Response to My Memorial Day Critics

Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle

The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”

The Lesson From Germany and Korea

Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options

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