The Police State
Our NSA Economy
In this Mises View, Mark Thornton explains some unintended consequences of bulk NSA spying. Thornton is a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute.
Against the State: An Interview with Lew Rockwell
John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute talks with Lew Rockwell about his new book, the state, war, police, and education.
States, Cartels, and the Anarcho-Capitalist Opposition
If, for good reason, we generally distrust the concentrated power wielded by coercive monopolies, we ought to avoid at all costs placing more power in the state, the ultimate embodiment of monopoly.
Police States and Private Markets
When it comes to your local police, there is no shopping around, there is no customer service, and there is no choice, writes Jeff Deist.
Police States and Private Markets
We know that state monopolies invariably provide worse and worse services for more and more money.
Marc Victor: Attorney For Freedom
Jeff Deist and Marc J. Victor discuss what's happening in Ferguson, Missouri, and our disappearing legal rights.
Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and ‘’Enemies of the State,’’ by Stephen P. Halbrook
How did Hitler do it? There is no shortage of theories or writings related to the rise of the Third Reich and the subsequent Holocaust. Halbrook, however, offers a compelling and important account of the role of gun control in aiding Hitler’s goals of exterminating the Jews and other “enemies of the state.”
Police States and Inner-City Economics
Freeing inner cities from militarized police forces is a good start, but government is destroying these communities in many ways, and police brutality is just one of them.