Big Government

Libertarian Anarchy: Against the State

Tags: Introductory, Big Government

01/11/2016 • Gerard N. Casey

Political philosophy is dominated by a myth, the myth of the necessity of the state. The state is considered necessary for the provision of many things, but primarily for peace and security. Gerard Casey argues that social order can be...

War, Christianity, and the State

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Media and Culture, War and Foreign Policy

01/11/2016 • Laurence M. Vance

These seventy-six essays, organized under the headings of Christianity and War, Christianity and the Military, Christianity and the Warfare State, and Christianity and Torture, have one underlying theme: the relation of Christianity to war, the...

The Freedom Answer Book: How the Government Is Taking Away Your Constitutional Freedom

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Legal System

01/11/2016 • Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

The government is taking away basic freedoms granted under the Constitution. This helpful guide gives a clear vision of what your rights are and how you can protect them. In order to truly understand the freedoms we have as people of the United...

The School Revolution: A New Answer for Our Broken Education System

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Education, Media and Culture, U.S. Economy

01/11/2016 • Ron Paul

Twelve-term Texas Congressman, Presidential candidate, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Ron Paul returns with a highly provocative treatise about how we need to fundamentally change the way we think about America’s broken education...

Crony Capitalism in America

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Corporate Welfare, U.S. Economy

01/11/2016 • Hunter Lewis

When private interests need a political favor, they know whom to call. When politicians need money, they also know whom to call. The people involved try to keep most of it concealed behind closed doors. This is the system that prevailed in...

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War, Empire, and the Military

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Taxes and Spending, War and Foreign Policy

01/11/2016 • Laurence M. Vance

With War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Police, Laurence Vance, a relentless critic of the state and its wars, has updated his already extensive writings on war and empire to include new material in this...

Crisis and Leviathan

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, World History

01/11/2016 • Robert Higgs

This seminal treatise in the history of ideas demonstrates what has come to be known as the Higgs thesis: that government grows in periods of crisis, for example, war and depression. He demonstrates this with a detailed look at twentieth century...

Against Leviathan

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Media and Culture

01/11/2016 • Robert Higgs

What is fundamentally wrong with government today? In Against Leviathan, economist and historian, Robert Higgs, offers an unflinching critical analysis of government power in all its aspects: welfare, warfare, regulation, spying, and its...

Resurgence of the Warfare State: The Crisis Since 9/11

Tags: Introductory, Big Government, Media and Culture, U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy

01/11/2016 • Robert Higgs

At least since World War I, Austrians have pointed to the relationship between warmongering and the decline of economic liberty. In our times, Robert Higgs is the most articulate and learned upholder of the position that free markets require...

What Populism Is And Isn’t

Here we go again. Now advocates of more government control over the economy want to redefine populism as Trumpism.

What Populism Is And Isn’t

Tags: Political Theory, Big Government, Media and Culture

12/31/2015 • Hunter Lewis

Here we go again. Now advocates of more government control over the economy want to redefine populism as Trumpism.