The Libertarian Angle – Dying for Empire and Hegemony by Jacob G. Hornberger May 27, 2015 Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob talks about Memorial Day and motivation behind U.S. foreign policy. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast here.
Markets, Not Janet Yellen, Should Set Interest Rates by Richard M. Ebeling May 26, 2015 Financial markets in the United States and around the world are all waiting with “bated breath” for when the Federal Reserve modifies its “easy money” policy and starts to raise interest rates. No one, however, asks a simple question: Why is the American central bank in the interest rate setting business? In May 20th, the minutes were released of the ...
Why Government Deficits and Debt Do Matter by Richard M. Ebeling May 20, 2015 The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported in early May that for the month of April 2015 the Federal government ran a budget surplus, taking in more in taxes than it laid out in expenditures. Don’t be fooled by one month, especially when it was a month when people filed and paid their taxes. Government deficits and growing debt are ...
The Libertarian Angle – Secrecy and the JFK Files by Jacob G. Hornberger May 19, 2015 Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and guest co-host Jefferson Morley discuss the JFK assassination and the files about the assassination that the U.S. government still keeps secret. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast here.
The Problem Is the State Not the Standard by Laurence M. Vance May 18, 2015 The Federal Denture Act (18 USC 1821), enacted in 1942 and amended in 1996 (PL 104-294) and 2002 (PL 107-273), prohibits the interstate transport “by mail or otherwise” of “any set of artificial teeth or prosthetic dental appliance or other denture” made by an unlicensed dentist. Violators are subject to a fine and/or imprisonment of not more ...
Secrecy Benefited the National Security State in the JFK Assassination by Jacob G. Hornberger May 14, 2015 The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6-Secrecy of FFF’s new book Regime Change: The JFK Assassination by Jacob Hornberger. Immediately after the assassination , a shroud of secrecy was placed over it and its aftermath. Moreover, when the Warren Commission conducted its investigation several months later, many of its proceedings were held in secret, ...
The Libertarian Angle: Trial by Jury by Jacob G. Hornberger May 12, 2015 Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, the folly of the minimum wage. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Podcast here.
Spending and Redistribution are Not the Answers to Slow Growth by Richard M. Ebeling May 11, 2015 Old fallacies never seem to die, they just fade away to reemerge once again later on. One such fallacy is that if there is significant unemployment and slow economic growth it must be due to not enough consumers’ spending in the economy, what Keynesian economists call a “failure of aggregate demand.” This fallacy has been voiced, once more, in a ...
The Libertarian Angle: Iraq and Other Foreign-Policy Disasters by Jacob G. Hornberger May 6, 2015 Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, Jacob and guest co-host Scott Horton discuss the folly of U.S. foreign policy. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast here.
Employment and a Free Society by Laurence M. Vance May 5, 2015 The city of SeaTac, Washington, is the home of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. It is also home to the highest minimum wage in the country. SeaTac’s minimum wage of $15 an hour took effect on January 1, 2014, the result of a ballot initiative. The minimum wage in the cities of San Francisco and Seattle is scheduled to gradually ...
Free Trade Benefits vs. Fears of Foreign Goods by Richard M. Ebeling May 4, 2015 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke before a joint session of the U.S. Congress on April 29, 2015 and offered his “eternal condolences to the souls of all American people that were lost during World War II,” but never directly said that he was sorry for Imperial Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The real purpose ...
Why We Don’t Compromise, Part 1 by Jacob G. Hornberger May 1, 2015 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Ever since our inception in 1989, The Future of Freedom Foundation has had a firm policy against compromising libertarian principles. The reason is: We want to live in a free society, and we believe that principles hold the ...