Decentralization and Secession

Ryan McMaken joins the Human Action Podcast for a deep dive into Mises's definitive book on liberal society.

Some states have proposed overturning laws that ban local governments from using housing policies like rent control. Rent control is terrible, but there's no reason to believe state governments ought to dictate housing policy to local governments.

"Free private cities" are similar to microstates but are based on the idea of explicit contractual agreements between residents and the city government. How would these entities function?

Yoram Hazony’s critique of Hayek highlights interesting fissures in theories of political economy on the Right.

Some states are passing laws where majority approval is found in just a handful of counties. This means just one or two regions of large states are forcing laws on the rest.

Decentralisation should not stop at Brexit. Federalism is a sustainable answer to Britain’s constitutional problems.

Being so small, Liechtenstein's government must provide services in a way that make it attractive to its citizens, many of whom could easily invest their wealth elsewhere.

Is smaller better? Sometimes. But we also know that the power of the state is often used to grow institutions beyond what would be their natural size in a freer world.

Hayek’s theory of knowledge cautions against grand designs based on the alleged expertise of a select class of people.