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No, Decriminalization of Marijuana Is not Better than Legalization

Bureaucracy and RegulationLegal System

Blog06/29/2018Chris Calton

Oddly, some libertarians argue that decriminalization is better than outright legalization. They're wrong.

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No, The Death Penalty Does Not Stop Drug Trafficking

Legal SystemWorld History

Blog03/22/2018Chris Calton

Despite harsh penalties for drug dealers, China's numbers on drug use are not significantly different from those in the US.

Historical Controversies Podcast: Season 2

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Nationalized Slavery: The Fugitive Slave Law

U.S. History

11/15/2017Audio/VideoChris Calton

In this episode, Chris Calton looks at the horrors of fugitive slave laws.

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Natural-Law Libertarianism and the Pursuit of Justice

Legal SystemPhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory

Blog06/07/2017Chris Calton

Before endorsing a legal system, libertarians must first figure out what justice is. The natural-law framework is one way of figuring this out.

Chilean Protesters Could End Chile's Decades of Progress

José Niño

The history of Latin America is filled with tragic stories of countries reaching great heights — Argentina and Venezuela come to mind — and then falling back to mediocrity. Chile could be next if the protesters get their way.

Teacher Unions Destroy School Accountability

Robert Fellner

The Clark County School District evaluated itself, and it determined that all the teachers and administrators are doing a great job — and thus the district also deserves more taxpayer money.

Why Central Banks Aren't Really Setting Interest Rates

Frank Shostak

Central banks can only distort and mask real interest rates with monetary policy. Interest rates are really set by each individual's time preference.

The Silicon Valley Gulag

Jason Morgan

In his new book Google Archipelago, Rectenwald asserts the Google Archipelago re-upping of Marx is not only practically Marxist, but conceptually and structurally so.