To say that Bono's factory is something special would not be truthful. The Edun clothing line is doing well, and is employing hundreds of people. That's great. It's called capitalism.
In a long public life, Ron Paul has always kept faith with the limited defensible role for our federal government.
Unfortunately the Duke hadn't discovered Murray Rothbard, otherwise he might not have thought government necessary, just evil.
Austro-libertarians should also be wary of the collectivism inherent in Schiff's (and other anti-trade deficit) articles. Unless you are a shareholder of Alcoa, what do you care who owns it? Why does it matter if those "future profits" are earned by Australians instead of Americans?
Economic problems arise only when it is a question of adjusting the available means to any new situation.
The benefits of a system of old-age security without the state would be more than economic. It would also foster the acquisition of personal virtues and responsibility, which would then be reflected in other spheres of private and social life. A non-governmental system would even treat the least fortunate members of the society with more humanity and dignity, and there would be fewer such people overall.
The theme of my novel might be stated more broadly: the will to freedom can never be permanently stamped out.
The first step, in contrast to what Fuller would say, involves removing the last semblance of regulatory privilege by getting government out of our lives and economy.
