Society in Jail
Writes Jeffrey Tucker: even that law which appears to be a mere guideline and a help--such as a stop sign--must ultimately be enforced by jails and violence.
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In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State, by Charles Murray
Charles Murray, by his own account, should not have written In Our Hands. He identifies a genuine problem; but he himself shows that his plan to solve it is either useless or inferior to a better plan.
Five Ways Government Grows, and What the Mises Institute is Doing About It
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Houston, 4 March 2006.
Neither Samaritan Nor Solomon
Lew Rockwell identifies the main lies of government: the State is a good Samaritan, is as wise as Solomon, practices the art of compromise, creates wealth, and educates us all in proper social values.
Uncertainty and Its Exigencies: The Critical Role of Insurance in the Free Market
Hans-Hermann Hoppe explains the neglected role of insurance in a free market economy. Any insurance involves the pooling of individual risks by the market, a task the state can only distort.
Iraq and the Democratic Empire
This talk was delivered to the Auburn University Libertarians on February 16, 2006.
“End Liberty NOW!”
A scan of this morning’s newspapers reveals that the Global Platonic Republic is about to launch a new campaign to fund its dangerous Collect
Department of Computer Security? It’s a Joke
If you want to make a geek laugh derisively, writes Jeffrey Tucker, suggest that responsibility for computer security be turned over to the government.
The Bureaucrat in Your Shower
You can hack your shower, writes Jeffrey Tucker, but do not do this lest you endanger your status as a law-abiding citizen who takes wimpy showers.
