Jim Bovard shares the story of the death of Duncan Lemp, a 21-year-old Maryland man recently killed by police in his home in the middle of the night. The police aren't releasing their side of the story yet, but it looks as though Lemp hadn't even been charged with any...
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Why ‘Price Gouging’ Actually Helps During a Crisis
As the coronavirus panic heightens, the price of items like hand sanitizer and medical face masks – to the extent they are still available - are skyrocketing. CBS News reported last week that “Online, sales of virus protection products have skyrocketed, up 817% in the...
The Quincy Institute: Off to a Decent Start
Non-interventionists are not used to having a seat at the power table. Lacking any amount of institutional influence, believers in the anti-war cause are used to spending careers tinkering at the margins of the conversation, living from hand to mouth off of minimal...
The “F” Word
There’s a four letter word beginning with ‘f’ that’s on a lot of people’s lips these days. I’m talking about “free.” Free just might be the most powerful word in the English language. It drastically alters people’s behaviors and can short-circuit mental reasoning like...
No, Taxing Corporations Is Not How You ‘Stand Up’ For Workers
No, taxing corporations is not how you ‘stand up’ for workers It’s hypocritical to claim to support workers but also want to heavily tax corporations. Leading Democratic presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren will constantly tell us...
2/21/20 Marjorie Cohn on Julian Assange’s Extradition
Marjorie Cohn discusses the attempted extradition of Julian Assange from Britain to the United States so that he can stand trial for alleged violations of America's Espionage Act. Cohn outlines the two main grounds on which she believes the British judge should refuse...
Federal Confiscation Reflects Mission Creep and the Expanding Police State
In 2019, the Transportation Security Administration seized $181,000 in cash from an employee of a Tampa trucking company while he was going through a TSA checkpoint for a flight from Tampa to Cleveland. According to the employee and his employer, the worker...
Common Objections to Free Markets – REBUTTED! Antony Davies and Keith Knight
Antony Davies is an associate professor of economics at Duquesne University and Mercatus Affiliated Senior Scholar at George Mason University. His primary research interests include econometrics and public policy.
Find Mr. Davies at his website: antolin-davies.com
His podcast: www.wordsandnumbers.org
And on Learn Liberty: http://www.learnliberty.org/speakers/antony-davies/
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