Daily Articles

The Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Attack on Syria

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 18, 2017

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss the recent missile attack launched by President Trump on Syria. Go to the podcast.

The Moral Foundations of the Free Market Society

by Richard M. Ebeling April 17, 2017

Higher education in the United States is engulfed in an ideological campaign against the American political and economic traditions of individual liberty, free competitive markets, and constitutionally limited government. In its place is the “progressive” agenda of collectivist identity politics, the regulatory and redistributive interventionist economy, and political plunder and power. Both “scientific” and casual surveys of political orientation and ...

End the Drug War: Conference at FAMU

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 13, 2017

In conjunction with the ACLU at Florida A&M University, the ACLU at Barry University, and the ACLU at the University of Central Florida, The Future of Freedom Foundation was pleased to present an evening program on the campus of Florida A&M University College of Law on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, that addressed the war ...

The Libertarian Angle: Advancing Liberty

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 12, 2017

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss different methods for advancing towards a free society. Go to the podcast.

Beware the Dogs of War: Is the American Empire on the Verge of Collapse?

by John W. Whitehead April 11, 2017

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes… known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of ...

The Consumer Price Index, a False Indicator of Our Individual Costs-of-Living

by Richard M. Ebeling April 10, 2017

For years the Federal Reserve and many other central banks around the world have declared that a key element of monetary policy is the targeting of a two percent rate of annual price inflation. Now the Federal Reserve has suggested that that target rate may be “temporarily” raised to – well, they have been less precise about that. As measured ...

Repealing Obamacare Is Not Enough

by Laurence M. Vance April 7, 2017

Republicare is dead; Obamacare yet lives. The Republican bill to replace Obamacare — the American Health Care Act (AHCA), better known as Republicare — was withdrawn after the House Republican leadership realized that they did not have enough Republican votes to pass it. Too many Republicans wanted a simple bill to repeal Obamacare and not replace it with ...

The Libertarian Angle: The Folly of Trade Retaliation

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 6, 2017

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss the benefits of free trade. Go to the podcast.

When Government Evil Triumphs, Freedom Falls

by John W. Whitehead April 5, 2017

“Government is said to be a necessary evil. The saying appears to be without merit. For can anything be at once necessary and evil? True, all governments have had a history of evil-doing, more or less. However, it does not follow from this experience that their good is indistinguishable from their evil. Governments—assuming a proper limitation of their activities—are ...

Ethan Nadelmann: Time to End the War on Drugs

by Ethan Nadelmann April 4, 2017

Watch Ethan Nadelmann present his perspectives on why America needs to end the war on drugs. This presentation is part of FFF’s Drug War Video Project, whose aim is to accelerate the end of this immoral and destructive government program. You can also listen to the podcast.

Trump’s Economic Warfare Targets Innocent Bystanders

by Richard M. Ebeling April 3, 2017

An often forgotten truth is that it is not just military warfare that can cause injury to innocent bystanders, the same inescapably happens in economic warfare initiated by governments, as well. But in the latter case the human “collateral damage” is a targeted victim. On March 29, 2017, “The Wall Street Journal” ran a story highlighting the Trump Administration’s likely ...

Trump Will Not Make America Great Again

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2017

President Donald Trump’s signature campaign slogan in the 2016 presidential race was “Make America Great Again.” The mantra touched the chords of millions of Americans and helped get him elected president. At the risk of raining on Trump’s parade, however, it just isn’t going to happen. Trump is not going to make America great again, because his conservative philosophy ...