Facilitating voluntary transactions. Former Treasury secretary Larry Summers wants to get rid of the $100 bill. But I think he has it exactly backward. I think we need to restore the $500 and $1000 bills. And the reason is that people like Larry Summers have done a horrible job. Summers wrote recently in The Washington Post that the $100 ... MORE
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Glenn Reynolds: Cash Is The Currency Of Freedom
Facilitating voluntary transactions. Former Treasury secretary Larry Summers wants to get rid of the $100 bill. But I think he has it exactly backward. I think we need to restore the $500 and $1000 bills. And the reason is that people like Larry Summers have done a horrible job. Summers wrote recently in The Washington Post that the $100 ... MOREThe Age Of Authoritarianism -- Government Of The Politicians, By The Military, For The Corporations
by John W. Whitehead. America is at a crossroads. History may show that from this point forward, we will have left behind any semblance of constitutional government and entered into a militaristic state where all citizens are suspects and security trumps freedom. Certainly, this is a time when government officials operate off their own inscrutable, ... MORE
Richard Ebeling: The Proper Role Of Government In Society
Individual rights must be preserved - without interference from government. What is the role of government in society? This has been and remains the most fundamental question in all political discussions and debates. Its answer determines the nature of the social order and how people are expected and allowed to interact with one another ... MOREThe Only Small Government Candidate Leaves The Race
by Anthony L. Fisher. The era of big government continues. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has suspended his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. In a statement released this morning, Paul wrote: It's been an incredible honor to run a principled campaign for the White House. Today, I will end where I began, ready and willing to ... MOREWhy Libertarians (Still) Plot To Take Over New Hampshire
by Madison Pauly. On February 18, hundreds of libertarians will flock to the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire, for the ninth annual Liberty Forum, a four-day conference featuring presentations on topics such as religious freedom, school choice, and "Anarchy: Dressing for Success." A big draw will be Edward Snowden's keynote speech, ... MOREProstitution Decriminalization Debated In New Hampshire
by Elizabeth Nolan Brown. New Hampshire legislators last week debated the merits of decriminalizing prostitution,
in response to a bipartisan bill filed by state Reps. Amanda Bouldin
(D-Hillsborough), Carole McGuire (R-Merrimack), and Elizabeth Edwards
(D-Hillsborough). On Thursday, January 28, the New Hampshire Criminal Justice and ... MOREWill Our Freedoms Survive Another Presidential Election?
by John W. Whitehead. Who needs bread and circuses when you have the assortment of clowns and contortionists that are running for the White House? Truly, politics in America has been reduced to a three-ring circus
complete with carnival barkers, acrobats, contortionists, jugglers,
lion tamers, animal trainers, tight rope walkers, freaks, strong men, ... MOREWhy Government Should Not Regulate The App Economy
by Iain Murray. In Damon Runyon’s Broadway stories (and in the musical Guys and Dolls),
a gambler named Nathan Detroit hosts New York’s oldest established
floating crap game, presaging three functions of today’s app revolution.
Thinking of the app market in such nontechnological terms shows us what
is really happening today and lays bare the ... MOREIf You Support Trump, You May Be An Authoritarian
by Scott Shackford. Reason has not been shy
about pointing out Donald Trump's lack of interest in liberty and
freedom in what motivates his so-far-extremely-successful campaign for
president (check out Damon Root's cover story from our December issue). That Trump would appeal to authoritarians should come as no surprise.
His campaign is ... MOREIndividualism Is Battling The Politically Managed Mind
by Richard Ebeling. Eroding the freedom to choose. Wherever we turn we are confronted with politicians, political pundits, television talking heads, and editorial page commentators, all of whom offer an array of plans, programs, and projects that will solve the problems of the world – if only government is given the power and authority to remake ... MOREJayme Metzgar: Real American Heroes - 5 Notable Americans Who Fought For Their Opponents’ Rights
The difference between disagreement and force. I live within earshot of a Civil War battlefield, where volunteers give frequent artillery demonstrations during tourist season. Throughout this past summer, the familiar blasts rattling the kitchen windows became an odd source of comfort. “I suppose we could be more divided than we are ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Playing The Government's Game
When it comes to violence, we all lose. Yes, the government is corrupt. Yes, the system is broken. By broken, I mean it’s “dysfunctional, gridlocked, and, in general, incapable of doing what needs to be done.” Yes, the government is out of control and overreaching on almost every front. Yes, the government’s excesses—pork barrel spending, ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Busybody Left
Self-appointed minders of YOUR business. The political left has been trying to run other people's lives for centuries. So we should not be surprised to see the Obama administration now trying to force neighborhoods across America to have the mix of people the government wants them to have. There are not enough poor people living in ... MORE
Make Economic Freedom America's New Year's Resolution
by Veronique de Rugy. It's Christmas time again, and with it come the dreams of better times. Families struggling with the consequences of the most recent recession will be happy to know that there is a simple way to improve their lives and keep or make more money in the process. It's called economic freedom, and the United States used to be very ... MOREDonald Trump Wants To 'Close Up The Internet'
by Joey Clark. Exploiting the anti-terror hysteria. Donald Trump recently suggested “closing that internet up in some
ways” in order to help combat terrorism over concerns that children and
others are being propagandized by ISIS and other groups. Speaking to his usual raucous throng of supporters, Trump opined,
“We’re losing a lot of people ... MORE
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