Liberalism

Thomas Hill Green, an eighteenth-century English philosopher, didn't believe it was possible to have a good society without a powerful state. David Gordon explains why Green’s argument fails to impress.

Statists reveal their belief in the almighty state in many different ways, but they all want the same outcome: more government control over our lives.

In a Columbia Journalism Review article, NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger claimed his newspaper embodies “journalistic independence.” But a recent article by James Bennet, a former NYT editor, reveals the paper does little more than provide progressive propaganda.

Statists reveal their belief in the almighty state in many different ways, but they all want the same outcome: more government control over our lives.

Progressives claim that perhaps individual freedom might be appropriate for a simpler society but that as society grows more complex, the need for government grows. As Leonard Read pointed out, however, greater complexity requires greater freedom, not less.

Ezra Klein of the New York Times despairs of government’s impotence in building vast projects from energy grids to high-speed railways. He believes granting government absolute power is the answer.

Progressives claim that perhaps individual freedom might be appropriate for a simpler society but that as society grows more complex, the need for government grows. As Leonard Read pointed out, however, greater complexity requires greater freedom, not less.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho take a look at "classical liberalism," a term that has come to mean a variety of different things in recent years. 

The great Thomas Sowell takes on the social justice industry. As usual, he makes excellent points even if, as David Gordon notes, logic deems we go even further.

In order for nations to have capital development and market-based economies, they must have a cultural framework that accepts these developments. Too many nations do not, and they languish in poverty as a result.