Political Theory
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Civil Rights and Statism
Several court cases must be mentioned. Each makes a point. Plessey v. Ferguson: Segregation Separate but equal is ok. Brown v. Board of Education: Separate schools are inherently unequal. Green v. County School Board of New Kent County: Freedom of choice desegregation plan unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court as Accomplice: Judicial Backing for Executive Power
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (28:27)
The Impossibility of Limited Government: The Prospects for a Second American Revolution
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (47:26)
The History of Taxation
Charles Adams is a rare tax historian who leads us back to Greeks and Romans and the history of liberty. The Battle of Marathon was critical for Greek civilization to seize control of Western Civilization. The Greeks had no direct taxation, just indirect. This is what fostered liberty.
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit: The Luddites Revisited
Butler Shaffer does a Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit: The Luddites Revisited at the 2003 Austrian Scholars Conference.
