Is the Constitution Even Welcome Here Anymore? by John W. Whitehead May 31, 2018 “The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread. When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out ‘stop!’ When crimes begin to pile up they ...
The Libertarian Angle: Why Do We Even Need a National Anthem? (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation May 30, 2018 Here is another solution for the NFL's woes concerning kneeling players during the Star-Spangled Banner -- Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling propose eliminating it. Go to the podcast https://libertarianangle.libsyn.com/.
The Myth that Central Banks Assure Economic Stability by Richard M. Ebeling May 29, 2018 Greek The world has been plagued with periodic bouts of the economic rollercoaster of booms and busts, inflations and recessions, especially during the last one hundred years. The main culprits responsible for these destabilizing and disruptive episodes have been governments and their central banks. They have monopolized the control of their respective nation’s monetary and ...
A Graduation Message for a Dark Age by John W. Whitehead May 23, 2018 Those coming of age today will face some of the greatest obstacles ever encountered by young people. They will find themselves overtaxed, burdened with excessive college debt, and struggling to find worthwhile employment in a debt-ridden economy on the brink of implosion. Their privacy will be eviscerated by the surveillance state. They will be the subjects ...
The Libertarian Angle – The Purpose of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation May 22, 2018 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss the purpose of the United States' founding documents Go to the podcast.
Tariff Walls and Trade Wars Equal Government Planning by Richard M. Ebeling May 21, 2018 Trade wars are dangerous and harmful policies for governments to pursue. They hurt consumers due to higher prices and fewer alternatives; they reduce competitive opportunities for producers by restricting markets; and they narrow the benefits that come from a market-based system of division of labor in which each participant tends to devote his or her efforts to supplying the ...
Is It Possible to Be Underpaid? by Laurence M. Vance May 17, 2018 Are teachers and interns underpaid? Some people apparently think so. On February 22, the West Virginia branches of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association called for teachers across West Virginia to strike, mainly because of low teacher pay and rising health-insurance costs. Teacher pay in West Virginia ranks near the bottom among the ...
The Libertarian Angle: School Vouchers Versus Educational Liberty (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation May 16, 2018 Are vouchers the answer for introducing market forces into public education, or is a free market in education the libertarian answer? FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.
The Age of Petty Tyrannies by John W. Whitehead May 15, 2018 “Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier of the battle lines, which is not so much our enemy as our brothers’ enemy, but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves. ...
Monetary Fallacies and Inflationary Bubbles by Richard M. Ebeling May 14, 2018 Looking to the next few years ahead, is America and the world going to continue riding a wave of economic growth, improving standards of living, falling and lower unemployment, and technological changes that will continue to raise the quality and variety of life? Or will this turn out to be, at least partly, an artificial economic boom that will ...
We’re All Trespassers Now in the Face of the Government’s Land Grabs by John W. Whitehead May 9, 2018 “No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.” — John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States We have no real property rights. Think about it. That house you live in, the car you drive, the small (or not so small) acreage of land that has been passed down ...
The Libertarian Angle: Marx’s 200th Birthday (video) by Future of Freedom Foundation May 8, 2018 Some are celebrating the the 200th birthday of Karl Marx, author of Das Kapital. Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling tell you why it is no reason to celebrate. Go to the podcast.