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The Libertarian Angle: NATO and Ukraine

by Future of Freedom Foundation March 10, 2014

The Libertarian Angle: NATO and Ukraine. FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss the recent events in the Ukraine. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

TGIF: Work!

by Sheldon Richman March 7, 2014

“I hear therefore with joy whatever is beginning to be said of the dignity and necessity of labor to every citizen. There is virtue yet in the hoe and the spade, for learned as well as for unlearned hands. And labor is everywhere welcome; always we are invited to work.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The American Scholar,” ...

Winning an Olympic Medal Can Be a Taxing Experience

by Laurence M. Vance March 6, 2014

Although the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi have ended, some U.S. athletes will be reminded of their participation come tax time next year. Twenty-eight American athletes won an Olympic medal in the Sochi games (9 gold, 7 silver, and 12 bronze). Their margin of victory in many events was only a few seconds or points. But for most of ...

American Hawks Risk Escalating the Ukrainian Crisis

by Sheldon Richman March 5, 2014

With Russia and the United States confronting each other over Ukraine, the world is at a dangerous juncture. While the chances of war between the two behemoths seem small — these are, after all, nuclear powers that have avoided war for over 60 years — nothing can be taken for granted. No one wanted the Great War that began ...

Libertarianism vs. the Empire

by Future of Freedom Foundation March 4, 2014

"Libertarianism vs. the Empire" by John Glaser and Scott Horton was a speech sponsored by The Future of Freedom Foundation February 15, 2014 at the 2014 International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington D.C. Scott Horton was delayed by weather and arrived 30 minutes into the presentation. When Jacob Hornberger stops John Glaser to introduce Scott, ...

The Libertarian Angle: Ukraine and Venezuela

by Future of Freedom Foundation March 4, 2014

Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman discuss developments in Ukraine and Venezuela. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly.

The Libertarian Angle Live at the 2014 ISFLC (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation March 3, 2014

"The Libertarian Angle Live" with Jacob Hornberger and Sheldon Richman was presented by The Future of Freedom Foundation February 15, 2014 at the 2014 International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington D.C. Robert Higgs was scheduled to be a special guest on this panel, but weather delayed his flight and he was unfortunately unable to participate.

Wage War on Poverty with Libertarianism

by Jacob G. Hornberger March 1, 2014

Almost 50 years ago Lyndon Johnson declared a “war on poverty.” Ever since then, the federal government, through a wide array of welfare-state programs and regulatory programs, has waged its war, aiming to end poverty or at least to greatly alleviate it. After a half-century of poverty warfare, has the war been won? Not according to Democrats. They say that ...

The Pope Dabbles in Economics

by Sheldon Richman March 1, 2014

Pope Francis wrote in his recent apostolic exhortation, “Just as the commandment ‘Thou shalt not kill’ sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say ‘thou shalt not’ to an economy of exclusion and inequality.” He’s right — but not in the way he intends. Before I elaborate, let’s look ...

Freedom versus Medals of Freedom

by James Bovard March 1, 2014

Though proximity to power is its own reward, rulers have long recognized the benefit of distributing trinkets to potential sycophants. From medieval times onwards, the English king was seen as the “fount of all honors.” The British government created endless ribbons, orders, and titles to attach individuals to the crown. Cash was sometimes necessary to clinch the allegiance. Samuel ...

The EU Threat to Liberty

by Philip Vander Elst March 1, 2014

“Each year the takes and spends more of our money without EU auditors being able to reliably confirm where much of this money has actually gone. The number of EU bureaucrats rises ever upwards. Ever more bureaucrats seem inevitably to lead to ever more rules and regulations, allowing the EU to expand its influence to almost every ...

Money and the Constitution

by George Leef March 1, 2014

Constitutional Money: A Review of the Supreme Court’s Monetary Decisions by Richard H. Timberlake (Cambridge University Press and Cato Institute 2013), 257 pages. Most Americans would be surprised to learn that the Federal Reserve Notes in their wallets and the balances in their various accounts are not constitutional money. Yes, what they have is money, but not the kind ...