Political Theory

The slogan "taxation without representation" implies that taxation with representation is both possible and moral. But the idea of political representation is fraught with errors.

It appears that 2020 may be the year that finally proves that the façade of democracy is not enough to maintain a unified political body. 

Remember savings bonds? They were popular before the central bank made sure that safe, low-interest investments became a thing of the past. 

Murray Rothbard was enthusiastic about fighting for laissez-faire and freedom through both scholarship and political activism. He wasn't afraid to push freedom and free markets with everyone he could, including academics, politicians, the media, and the public.

Prop. 15’s attempt to undermine California Prop. 13’s property tax protections for businesses has apparently failed.

Grand invocations that "I will unify us" are actually shorthand for "We mean to get our way, regardless of others' well-being and desire."

Election 2020 is the same as every other election, only the state’s mask of legitimacy is slipping. 

It makes sense that individual ethics can vary within a natural law framework: the nonaggression principle isn't so much a rule to be applied as a norm to be followed. It's the foundation that makes life among other people possible.

Ideas have consequences, and unless we spread the ideas of freedom and free markets first, no election or politician will bring about the changes we want. 

Grand invocations that "I will unify us" are actually shorthand for "We mean to get our way, regardless of others' well-being and desire."