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Livera political freedom vs personal freedom

Political Freedom vs. Personal Freedom

Economic FreedomMedia and CultureStrategy

07/26/2022The Austrian
Jeff Deist and Stephan Livera look at money in an era of crazed monetary policy. They tackle how Austrian economics relates to cryptos, why gold still matters, how deflation and "hoarding" are healthy for an economy, and how any challenge to the central bank cartel could create a political upheaval.
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Peace Is Popular

War and Foreign Policy

06/29/2017The Austrian
Why do seemingly endless wars remain such a stubborn feature of the American presidency, with the shameful complicity of Congress?
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Economists for the Nanny State

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

Taxes and SpendingInterventionismPolitical Theory

03/04/2016The Austrian
Economists Akerlof and Shiller contend that people are too gullible and ignorant to be allowed to deal with a potentially deceptive marketplace on their own. The solution is to have the government manage the markets for them.
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PC Is About Control, Not Etiquette

PC Is About Control, Not Etiquette

Media and CulturePhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory

12/28/2015The Austrian
Political Correctness is best understood as propaganda. But unlike propaganda, which is particular campaign or effort, PC is all-encompassing. It seeks to mold us into modern versions of Marx’s un-alienated society man, freed of all his bourgeois pretensions and humdrum social conventions.
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Political Illiberalism: A Defense of Freedom by Peter L.P. Simpson

Political Theory

12/07/2015The Austrian
It is remarkable, since Simpson is no libertarian, that his views on the state converge so substantially with views some libertarians have long defended.
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The Austrian vol 1 no 6 2015.pdf

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