The Great Depression Tax Revolts Revisited
Beito did a great service for the scholarship of liberty and American history with his rediscovery of the Great Depression-era tax resistance movement.
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Cannabis Tax Revenues Will be a Roadblock to Sessions’s Drug War
State tax collectors and local businesses are unlikely to go along quietly with new federal efforts to crack down on legalized marijuana.
2.1. A History of Money and Banking in the United States Before the 20th Century, Part 1
Ron Paul's 1982 book on monetary reform.
Dred Scott
Chris Calton discusses how the worst Supreme Court ruling of all time poured gasoline on the fire that was dividing a nation.
Free Trade and the American Political Tradition
We can be both trade globalists and political localists.
Are Federal Spying Powers Modern Day Writs of Assistance?
The FISA Amendment is just a modern version of the "Writs of Assistance" rightfully opposed by James Otis and John Adams.
How to Cure Poverty
Henry Hazlitt explains why President Johnson's "War on Poverty" will fail, and how the market — not government — is the path to prosperity.
The Election of 1856: A Victorious Defeat
Chris Calton deconstructs the the Presidential election of 1856.
The Restoration and the Navigation Acts
One of the most far-reaching actions of the Restoration was a series of Navigation Acts, by which England imposed mercantilist restrictions on its empire.
Automobiles Freed Us from the Tyranny of Horses
Even when it wasn't in use, a horse owner was always tethered to his horse, either literally or figuratively.
