Politics

The federal government taking an ownership stake in Intel is neither a promising new approach to governance nor an unprecedented leap into economic fascism.

Gerrymandering is a symptom of the failure of representative democracy. Political minorities are surrounded by others who overwhelm their votes and elect politicians who do not represent anyone but themselves.

For more than 20 years now, our summer-long fellowship program has offered liberty-minded scholars a place to write, study, publish, and develop their contributions to the fields of economics, history, philosophy, and more. Learn more about this year's cohort!

We owe a great debt to Gary Galles for collecting no less than 97 of Leonard Read’s articles, accompanied by a commentary of his own in which he shows their relevance to contemporary issues.

Socialism may have failed, as it always does, in Bolivia, but that unfortunately does not mean that it is turning toward the free market.

As we look at the current sad state of affairs of American governance, we ask how we got to this point in the first place. The presidency of George H.W. Bush is a good place to start.

Few really understand why these blue cities are crime-ridden.

In normal human affairs, actions like lying, theft, and murder are considered to be immoral and anti-social. However, people are quick to accept those same behaviors from government agents and they will even defend such actions as “necessary” for the “good of society.”

How do we define liberty? Hayek saw it as the absence of most (but not all) coercion, but that depends upon how one defines “coercion.” Murray Rothbard believed that Hayek was too willing to accept forms of coercion that were anti-freedom.

How do we define liberty? Hayek saw it as the absence of most (but not all) coercion, but that depends upon how one defines “coercion.” Murray Rothbard believed that Hayek was too willing to accept forms of coercion that were anti-freedom.