Liberalism

Senior Fellow Jörg Guido Hülsmann joins Ryan and Tho to talk about his new book on the economics of generosity, charity, and abundance.

David Gordon comments on John Gray’s The New Leviathans, noting that Gray’s reasons for turning away from liberalism and free markets are based on fallacies.

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.

Ryan and Zach review a new book on the basics of the "classical liberal" theory of international relations.

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.