Democracy and Laissez-Faire: A New York Case Study
"Let the banks perish. … Now is the time for the complete emancipation of trade from legislative thralldom."
William Leggett (1801–1839)Other Schools of Thought
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The Empirical Case against Government Stimulus
Because they are based upon a falsehood, Keynesian policies fail empirically, quite obviously to anyone with an open mind.
Il libertarismo arriva in Italia — Revolution Comes to Italy
There is, after all, the surprisingly favorable response that libertarianism encounters from people in all walks of life.
The Ignorance of the New Yorker
It is Republicans, not libertarians, who favor handouts to and special privileges for big corporations. And Republicans are not libertarians.
The Alleged Liberalism of Sir Edward Coke
Coke's legal-economic philosophy might be summed up in a phrase he used in Parliament in 1621: "That no Commodity can be banished, but by Act of Parliament."
Evolutionary Psychology and the Antimarket Bias
"Just as everyone is born ignorant of math, so everyone is born a folk economist."
The Progressive Theory of History
And to wind up at my own doctrine about history, following Albert Jay Nock, history is essentially a race or a conflict between state power and social power.
Patriotism as a Threat to Capitalism
It is very difficult to convince someone that if they refuse free money they will be better off.
First, Ideological Change; Second, Social Change
In light of all the varied and bizarre beliefs, usually incorrect and often pernicious, that have informed human communities throughout the past, is it inconceivable that the far more sensible views of libertarianism might someday become widely accepted?
Socialism as a Reaction to State Corruption
"The idealist … sees the state as a neutral tool. If it can be used for the benefit of the rulers, it can be used for the benefit of the people, as if a slaughterhouse for the benefit of the farmer could be used for the benefit of the animals."
