This remarkable book is a sustained attempt to solve what its authors term "liberalism's problem." In a liberal society, people are free to live as they wish, so long as they do not violate the rights of others.
In many ways, the group has been misnamed. Federalism refers to the system of decentralized government. This group defended states rights — the very essence of federalism — against the Federalists, who would have been more accurately described as Nationalists. Nonetheless, what the so-called Antifederalists predicted would be the results of the Constitution turned out to be true in most every respect.
Rent seeking is a search for privilege and personal gain through the political process. Rent seeking is distinguished from corruption in that rent seeking is legal and corruption is not.
We are glad that public choice economists started studying this topic three decades ago, and we hope to see a resurgence in explorations in the theory of anarchy.
If Alabama really wants to convert itself into a haven for prosperity and worker well-being, it would — as a start — repeal any and all wage legislation, and nullify all federal legislation when it is proposed.
I've ignored all the goings on with the LP platform for the same reason that most people have. It appears to have all the significance of a subdivision homeowners meeting at which the main point of contention concerns the placement and type of shrubberies in common areas.
From the book For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, as narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
From the book For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, as narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
