Harry Potter and Walter Block’s decline to the state.
Walter Block’s recent thread “I blew my chance to be on the payroll with every
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The Ethics of Liberty
Murray Rothbard’s greatest contribution to the politics of freedom is back in print. Following up on Mises’s demonstration that a society without private property degenerates into economic chaos, Rothbard shows that every interference with...
The Polluting State
Jayant Bhandar writes of the real environmental problem that exists the world over: irresponsible "public servants" who care nothing for property rights.
But Wouldn’t Warlords Take Over?
A common objection to a purely free society is that it would quickly degenerate into constant battles between private warlords. Robert Murphy takes on that objection and argues that freedom can't fully suppress warlordism but it can make it costly.
It’s Never Enough
The Group of Eight finance ministers will meet this week in Perthshire, Scotland, writes Joseph Potts, to address various weighty financial decisions that their governments have expropriated from the more-capable hands of their citizens.
The Union Hunt for More Victims
The percentage of the labor force controlled by unions tends progressively to decline, writes George Reisman. Where the unions hold sway, companies cannot compete.
Protection is Like War
Henry George's 1886 book on trade is a devastating critique of the arguments of protectionists.
The Bush Plan Won’t Work
The Social Security system is a giant Ponzi scheme, and no tinkering is going to change that. Workers should be allowed to opt out of the bankrupt scheme, period.
Bush the Melting
Pride may goeth before the fall, but with politicians like George W. Bush, far too much time separates the pride part from the fall part, writes Lew Rockwell.
How The Power To Tax Destroys
Why does the scope of the state always enlarge? Michael S. Rozeff suggests a theory based on the the incentives of those who possess the power to tax.
