Political Theory

From the book For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, as narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

Similarly, we can confidently predict the future of US-run socialist planning in Iraq. There will be billions more spent, and hundreds of projects in operation. The majority will not amount to anything.

On occasion I’ll see someone try to smooth over the Mises-Hayek “dehomogenization” debate which argued whether and to what extent

Under decentralized government, close elections might still make for enjoyable standoffs, but the stakes would not be nearly so high.

The Washington Post is astonished (and outraged) to encounter a libertarian.

From the book For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, as narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

Sometimes we’re lucky. Sometimes simple, everyday occurrences suggest solutions.

Or: We’re from the government—and we’re here to help.

One truism has never been successfully challenged: Government interventions lead to a less efficient, less well-ordered society.

A legal system is an institution to provide dispute resolution through judicial, legislative and executive functions. The state is that which maintains in large part a monopoly over force, geography and the legal system.