Political Theory
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Why “Public Goods” Don’t Justify Taxation
According to customary analysis, public goods will not be supplied efficiently. But it does not follow that the good will not be supplied at all, or in a quantity insufficient to “do the job.”
Democracy’s Road to Tyranny
The popular pastime of modern democracies of punishing the diligent and thrifty, while rewarding the lazy, improvident, and unthrifty, is cultivated via the State, fulfilling a demo-egalitarian program based on a demo-totalitarian ideology.
Mises’s Theory of Socialist Destructionism: The American Reality
Presented at Mises University 2021.
The Roots of “Anticapitalism”
Anticapitalism's origins are not found with the workers. Rather, it came from the aristocrats and middle-class intellectuals who harbored resentment and fear of the rising entrepreneurial and industrial classes.
Political Economy and Political Philosophy Share a Source: Scarcity
If scarcity is at the root of all conflict, what does that tell us about rights?
The Problem of Security: Historicity of the State and “European Realism”
All societies require some sort of coercion to maintain order. But "the state" is a very specific and modern type of government institution which claims it can engage in criminal types of coercion with impunity.
The British Government Pushed back “Freedom Day” with No Explanation
For many, the covid era has been like a rollercoaster. But as the world seems to near the end of the ride, governments don't seem in a hurry to roll back their restrictions.
