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Sheldon Richman | The Myth of America’s Laissez-Faire Past

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

  In 1888, at the height of the Gilded Age, a rather prominent American said some startling things. First he observes: Our cities are the abiding places of wealth and luxury; our manufactories yield fortunes never dreamed of by the fathers of the Republic; our business men are madly striving in the race for riches, [...]

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I would vote YAY on Bill C-26: The Citizen’s Arrest and Self-defence Act

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

  As it is well known self-defence is a right in any free society, and, thus we should be able to use it to defend person and property. For it is by citizen’s helping with those whom are commiting harm, and, force against others that will lesson the tax burden toward peace officers. In addition [...]

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In response to left wing misinformational fearmongering

Friday, April 13th, 2012

  If you surf the net at all you have probably come across some article somewhere stating fearmongering information about libertarianism being what is now known as “The Tea Partiers.” This is complete BS, and, totally untrue to any real extent. Truth is “The Tea Party,” is not libertarian even if some attendies might profess [...]

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Sharon Harris | The Invisible Hand Is a Gentle Hand

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

  Sharon Harris is the President of Advocates for Self-Government, an activist organization providing tools and tips for spreading the message of liberty. You can visit its website at www.self-gov.org.   The enemies of freedom have always maligned the free market. They have perpetuated myths like “dog-eat-dog capitalism,” “survival of the fittest,” “the law of [...]

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Thomas Sowell | Basic Economics

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

  Thomas Sowell has studied and taught economics, intellectual history, and social policy at institutions that include Cornell University, UCLA, and Amherst College. Now a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Sowell has published more than a dozen books, the latest of which is a revised and updated edition of his classic volume, Basic Economics. [...]

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Thomas E. Woods Jr. | The Calamity of Anti-Capitalism in American History

Friday, April 6th, 2012

  Lecture presented by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s “Capitalism the Creator: The Mises Circle in Seattle” seminar. Sponsored by Curt and Allora Doolittle. Recorded May 17, 2008. http://mises.org The Mises Circle goes to Seattle to address contemporary issues in liberty, and the role of capitalism as the main force [...]

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Thomas E. Woods Jr. | Applying Economics to American History

Friday, April 6th, 2012

    Presented by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. at the “Economics for High School Students” seminar. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama; 20 November 2009. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis.

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Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi | A Bleeding Heart History of Libertarianism

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

  Readers of Cato Unbound can probably recite the traditional libertarian philosophical position by heart. That position begins with the axiom that individuals own themselves and their labor. From there, it deduces the right of individuals to acquire property in external resources like land and minerals. These property rights are nearly absolute in their moral [...]

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Libertarianism, from A to Z (Cato Institute Book Forum, 2010)

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

    Featuring the author Jeffrey A. Miron, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Harvard University; with comments by Tom G. Palmer, Vice President, Atlas Foundation, Author, Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice. Libertarian principles seem basic enough — keep government out of boardrooms, bedrooms, and wallets, and let markets work the [...]

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Stephen H. Miller | An Alternative Universe?

Sunday, April 1st, 2012

  David Boaz blogs “Conservatives Shift on Gay Marriage.” Well, OK, it’s mainly about Britain’s Conservative Party, which is leading the charge for same-sex marriage in the U.K. But Boaz notes that, here in the U.S., “Republicans too know that ‘young urbanites’ are overwhelmingly supportive of marriage equality, and they don’t want to lose a [...]

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