Philosophy and Methodology

“The Beginning of American Independence” by Robert LeFevre.

“The Fascists and Fabians” by Robert LeFevre.

Ryan Ford says he is glad to do the work others are unwilling to do at the going market wage. When one looks at the grocery workers who are striking for higher pay, their tactics and principles, he asks: is this consistent with freedom? Is this what free and fair trade is? To use coercion to force others to trade under your conditions is folly.

Recorded at the 2003 Supporters Summit: Prosperty, War, and Depression.

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Recorded at Mises University 2001.

Recorded at Mises University 2003.

Recorded at Mises University 2003.

Recorded at Mises University 2001.

Albion’s Seed is a great book about the four migration folkways into the colonies from Great Britain during 1629 through 1775. The groups had many characteristics in common which may be what made future union possible, but the groups were also different. Puritans hated Quakers. Everybody hated Catholics. The competing regional cultures created quite a laissez-faire outcome between the community-based groups and more individualistic groups.

Walter Block talks about Plumb Line Libertarianism at the 2002 Austrian Scholars Conference.