Land-Use Planning: Implications of the Economic Calculation Debate
The recent widely cited National Agricultural Lands Study (NALS) adds to the growing number of individuals and organizations holding the view that
Taxes and Spending
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Congestion and Road Pricing
Traffic congestion reaches into all aspects of living: working, shopping, recreation.
Negative Interest Rate: Toward a Taxonomic Critique
A basic principle of Austrian economics is that the originary rate of interest (the rate of discount of future goods compared to present, otherwise
Public School Movement vs. the Libertarian Tradition
Given the temper of the times it was surprising that following the American Revolution there appeared proposals for national systems of education.
Free Market Transportation: Denationalizing The Roads
Were a government to demand the sacrifice of 46,700 citizens’ each year, there is no doubt that an outraged public would revolt.
Nozick and the Individualist Anarchist
Robert Nozick, in Anarchy, State, and Utopia presented his by-now-famous view that “a minimal state, limited to the narrow functions
The “Criminal” Metaphor In the Libertarian Tradition
The doctrine of natural liberty is ultimately grounded on two premises which are necessary to the understanding of why governments are “crimi
Political Unification: A Generalized Progression Theorem
A characteristic feature of modern civilization is the steady growth of government.1 This government growth occurs under two forms: either through
Economics, Politics, and the Coming Collapse of the Elderly Welfare State
In this article James Rolph Edwards discusses the United States economic system and social security.
Volume 17, Number 1 (2003)
Anarchism and Minarchism; No Rapprochement Possible: Reply to Tibor Machan
There has been for many years a tension between the anarcho-capitalist or free market anarchist, and the limited government or minarchist wings of
