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The Quiet Rise of Chinese Innovation

The US government continues to drag down the economy with its reckless wars and massive debt accumulation. On the other side of the globe, China is p…

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The Ideology Behind the American Revolution

Why did so many American colonials take arms against the ruling British, even when the odds were stacked against them? Dr. Wanjiru Njoya looks into t…

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Constant, Tocqueville, and Acton on the Enlightenment, Liberalism, and Religion

The growing power of the centralized state loomed as the central problem for liberalism in the early nineteenth century, and the works of these three…

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The Evolution of Politics: From Civic Virtue to Realpolitik

While people claim they want the "virtuous" state with citizens to match, what we really get is realpolitik, whether we want it or not.

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The Predatory Logic of the State

While we speak highly of “rule of law” and the “limited state,” the unfortunate truth is that the modern state is a law unto itself. 

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Rothbard’s Definition of Government as Organized Crime: The Microsoft Antitrust Case

Murray Rothbard saw government as a predatory, criminal entity and the Microsoft lawsuit of 1998 proved to be a classic example of government organiz…

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The Vendée: The French War for National Liberation

To deny local self-determination to the Catholic Vendean rebels was to support the imperialist impulse, just as the opponents of the American revolut…

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The FIFA World Cup: Price Controls on Ticket Prices?

World Cup tickets are a hot commodity with prices through the roof. Naturally, governments want to do what governments always do unsuccessfully: levy…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Foucault, Panopticism and the Carceral Society; the Rise of the Surveillance State

The standard narrative is that policing and imprisonment are necessary tools to keep the public safe from criminals. But it also would seem that thes…

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America’s Gerontocracy Goes Deeper than Aging Politicians

America’s elderly political class is only the most visible symptom. The deeper problem is a government built to transfer wealth from younger American…

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