The Libertarian Sticking Point by Laurence M. Vance March 1, 2016 Why aren’t more Americans libertarians? Why aren’t more liberals becoming libertarians? They generally share the libertarian commitment to freedom of speech, civil liberties, personal freedom, privacy, and the Fourth Amendment, or at least they claim to do so. Why aren’t more conservatives becoming libertarians? They generally share the libertarian commitment to the free market, limited government, free trade, property ...
The Libertarian Angle: History of Economic Thought, Part 6 by Future of Freedom Foundation February 24, 2016 In this segment, Richard Ebeling and Jacob Hornberger discuss the rise of the Austrian school of economic thought and its contributions. Go to the podcast.
Libertarian Angle: History of Economic Thought, Part 5 by Future of Freedom Foundation February 17, 2016 In this segment, Richard Ebeling and Jacob Hornberger discuss the rise of the Austrian school of economic thought and its contributions. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Angle: History of Economic Thought, Part 4 by Future of Freedom Foundation February 9, 2016 In this segment, Richard Ebeling and Jacob Hornberger discuss the rise of the Austrian school of economic thought and its contributions.
The Libertarian Angle: History of Economic Thought, Part 3 by Future of Freedom Foundation February 2, 2016 Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. In the third installment of this series, Hornberger and Ebeling discuss the perfect-competition model of economic thought that developed from the marginal-utility, subjective-value principles of William Stanley Jevons and Leon Walrus.
The Libertarian Angle: The Case for Open Borders by Future of Freedom Foundation January 26, 2016 Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard, and special guest Bryan Caplan discuss the merits and morality of an open immigration policy. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Angle: History of Economic Thought, Part 2 by Future of Freedom Foundation January 19, 2016 Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard continue thei review the early history of economics from Adam Smith through David Ricardo and John Stuart Mill. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Angle: History of Economic Thought by Future of Freedom Foundation January 13, 2016 Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard review the early history of economics from Adam Smith through David Ricardo and John Stuart Mill. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.
Individualism Is Battling The Politically Managed Mind In The 21st Century by Richard M. Ebeling January 11, 2016 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 society in the design proposed. Even many of those who claim to ...
The Libertarian Angle: Presidential Candidates and the Status Quo by Future of Freedom Foundation January 5, 2016 Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and Richard review the candidates for the upcoming presidential election. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Solution by Laurence M. Vance January 1, 2016 The United States of America is facing some major issues in the twenty-first century. The national debt is $18.5 trillion. The budget deficit is $500 billion. Homelessness is widespread in most major cities. Student-loan debt is more than a trillion dollars. Social Security and Medicare are insolvent. Government spending continues to skyrocket. There are more than 45 million Americans ...
Support FFF: With Crises Come Opportunities for Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger December 31, 2015 I am writing to seek your financial support to help us continue the battle for liberty in the year ahead. The advocates of the welfare-warfare state say that paternalism is freedom, compulsory charity is a virtue, federal spending and debt will bring prosperity, and perpetual war will bring peace. Their world is ...