Political Theory

Bob Murphy deconstructs some contradictory progressive viewpoints.

Progress in economics is progress in civilization. Ludwig von Mises supported economic progress because he valued the benefits of a humane and prosperous civilization.

How can paternalists say that when they make it more difficult for you to smoke they aren’t interfering with your freedom? They've come up with a bizarre rationale.

Uncritically holding democracy out as an ideal overlooks the question of whether market democracy or political democracy better serves citizens.

Opposition to decentralization in government often arises out of fear. Most people have been indoctrinated into the idea that a large centralized state can better prevent bad things from happening.

Bob Murphy gives a pragmatic case for pacifism.

Part VI: The Nationalists Triumph: The Constitution’s Legacy. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Part VI: The Nationalists Triumph: The Constitution’s Legacy. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Part V: The Nationalists Triumph: The Constitution Ratified. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Part V: The Nationalists Triumph: The Constitution Ratified. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.