In the 1960s a popular button that New Left activists wore implored everyone to "Question Authority!" It was good advice, even though many kinds of authority exist. Some authority is chosen (for example, one's doctor) and others are compulsory (the government). But in...
Higher-income people can cope more easily with government-created soaring energy prices than lower-income people can. The state is no friend of those who struggle to pay their bills.
https://youtu.be/-QKRNuYO8aY Similar comparisons could be made between Burma and Thailand, the former having had the higher standard of living before instituting socialism, and the latter a much higher standard of living afterwards. Other countries—India, Germany,...
With the possible exception of the political class and its cronies, most of us would be healthier, wealthier, happier, and freer if the public knew how to engage in "the economic way of thinking." The late Paul Heyne, who wrote a popular textbook by that name (now in...
The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would be a digit of history. Her diary is relatable, and the thoughts that collected inside her being during a horrible time in history gives the reader an idea of who she was....
https://youtu.be/COc7hvB8TpE ...nations are made up of different people with different levels of power and different interests. The benefits of the empire-building were concentrated among the politically well-connected few, such as weapons makers, certain monopoly...
Hotep Jesus joined me to chat about the future of liberty and technology as well as his upcoming book (Kinda). Bryan Sharpe CoinBits Kron Hotep Been Told Yo 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking Course Donate
https://youtu.be/uMLA1uLwIDo ... the natural lot of mankind, at least since our expulsion from Eden, is mass starvation — starvation that can only be overcome by steady hard work, by productive capital investment, and by creating the conditions and social institutions...
https://youtu.be/0qS7EhhDWFA “... there are two and only two ways of attaining wealth in society: (a) by production and voluntary exchange with others — the method of the free market; and (b) by violent expropriation of the wealth produced by others. The latter is the...
https://youtu.be/yrNRQG8Kjic HERE’S THE DIFFERENCE: IN CAPITALISM, PEOPLE HAVE RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE THEIR DOGS; IN SOCIALISM, PEOPLE KILL THEIR DOGS TO SAVE THEIR OWN LIVES ... THAT’S WHY PEOPLE RISK THEIR LIVES TO MIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND...
As Jacob Hornberger says, only the government complains about having too many customers. In the most modern province of the most wealthy and powerful nation in the world, they can't even keep the f#%^&ng lights on and AC running in the summertime. What a...
In this episode Tommy compares the homeless population of California, one of the wealthiest states in the US, to homelessness in the poorest state. The conclusion is simple to come to that homelessness is a result of too much government, not too little. Listen to Year...
On the Human Action podcast, Jeff Deist interviews William L. Anderson about the Ludwig von Mises classic Bureaucracy. Update: Mises is killing it today. Also check out this great article, "3 Ways to Help Bridge the Racial Wealth Gap," by Jordan Setayesh.
On FPF #144, I discuss the war's cost on Americans. 1,000s of Americans have been killed overseas. Many veterans suffer from lasting physical, psychological, and moral injuries from the war. The war has cost every American freedom. The cultural decay created by the...
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