The Libertarian Angle: More Immigration-Control Chaos (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation August 29, 2018 Immigration controls are like any other type of government control--a top-down command structure doomed to failure and resource mismanagement. And more importantly, immigration controls violate the libertarian non-agression principle. Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.
Libertarian Lessons: Conscription by Scott McPherson August 23, 2018 Authoritarians love conscription because it turns human beings into resources, for the factory or the battlefield. The idea receives support from across the political spectrum, either (a) to fight wars abroad, or (b) for the development of a “youth corps” providing “free” services at home. Neither excuse justifies enslaving young people to serve the interests of the political class. At ...
The Libertarian Angle: Abolish Social Security by Future of Freedom Foundation August 22, 2018 Social Security is theft. There is no trust fund. You have no rights to the money funding it. It is simply a transfer mechanism to get money from the young to the old. FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Angle: College Socialism by Future of Freedom Foundation August 7, 2018 What would a free market in education look like? FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Angle: End the Fed by Future of Freedom Foundation July 31, 2018 What is a fiat currency and how does the state benefit from controlling the money supply? FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.
Steve Horwitz Is Wrong, On Both Liberty and Methodology by Jacob G. Hornberger July 30, 2018 AUTHOR’S NOTE: On July 13, the Cato Institute published on its website libertarianism.org an article entitled “The Errors of Nostalgi-tarianism” by Steve Horwitz, a libertarian economics professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Horwitz’s article was a critique of a fundraising letter that I recently sent to supporters of The Future of Freedom Foundation requesting help with upgrading ...
Libertarianism in One Easy Lesson by Scott McPherson July 26, 2018 It would be hard to imagine a larger deficiency in modern American society than the one we find in the ability of individual citizens to understand their proper relationship with government, and each other. Beneath the endless cacophony of varying special-interest groups lies a fundamental misunderstanding of the role we each play in a free society, and the role ...
The Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Tariff Welfare Plan for Farmers (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation July 25, 2018 As As Ludwig von Mises pointed out, one state intervention often leads to another. Donald Trump instituted trade tariffs and is now cutting checks to those whom the tariffs have hurt. FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Angle: Eminent Domain (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation July 18, 2018 One of the basic functions of a government is the defense of property. How does eminent domain fit within this role? Is there any place in a free society for eminent domain? FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Angle: Democratic Socialism (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation July 11, 2018 What is democratic socialism and what is its import for a free society? FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Angle: Independence Day (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation July 3, 2018 FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling celebrate the founding of our country and the significance of The Declaration of Independence. Go to the podcast.
The Libertarian Angle: Trade and Immigration Controls (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation June 26, 2018 If the free movement of goods is beneficent and desired, does that not also hold true for people? And more importantly, don't people have the right of free movement? FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.