The Inextricable Link between Economic Freedom and Individual Liberty by Walter Block May 2, 2014 NOTE: THIS TALK WAS DONE BY SKYPE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ENCOUNTERED AUDIO RECORDING DIFFICULTIES DURING THE TALK THAT COULD NOT BE RESOLVED. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. On April 28, 2014 Walter Block presented the above speech, entitled "The Inextricable Link between Economic Freedom and Individual Liberty: Government Reduces Liberty through Economic Assault" as part of the ...
Libertarianism: The Moral and the Practical by Sheldon Richman May 1, 2014 If I say that a government activity — “public” schooling, perhaps, or the war on selected drug merchants and users — helps turn the inner cities into hellholes and otherwise makes people’s lives miserable, is that a moral objection or a practical (utilitarian or generally consequentialist) objection? Some libertarians are inclined to say it’s a utilitarian objection, but I’ve long ...
The Libertarian Angle: Cliven Bundy and Gun Control by Future of Freedom Foundation April 28, 2014 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss the gun control and events at the Cliven Bundy ranch. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast https://libertarianangle.libsyn.com/.
TGIF: What Should Libertarians Do? by Sheldon Richman April 25, 2014 If the libertarian movement is to be the vehicle — actually, collection of vehicles — for the advancement of liberty, then libertarians need to master the art of persuasion. That’s hardly news, but it’s easily forgotten. I start from the assumption that we don’t want merely to feel good by making hard-core libertarian declarations about abolishing this or that government ...
The Libertarian Angle: Our Libertarian Angle College Tour by Future of Freedom Foundation April 14, 2014 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman talk about their just-completed tour where they took the Libertarian Angle live to college campuses in the Northeast. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.
TGIF: In Praise of “Thick” Libertarianism by Sheldon Richman April 4, 2014 I continue to have trouble believing that the libertarian philosophy is concerned only with the proper and improper uses of force. According to this view, the philosophy sets out a prohibition on the initiation of force and otherwise has nothing to say about anything else. (Fraud is conceived as an indirect form of force because, say, a deceptive seller obtains ...
Let’s Raise Our Vision by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2014 There was once a time when religious liberty had never before been considered. Throughout history, people lived under political systems in which government and religion were combined. Since it was the system under which they had been born and raised and which existed all over the world, people just didn’t give any thought to an alternative. Then one day, ...
The Libertarian Angle: Income Taxation by Future of Freedom Foundation March 31, 2014 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss the history of the income tax and its impact on the liberty of the U.S. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.
Freedom vs. the State: The Libertarian Angle Live by Future of Freedom Foundation March 31, 2014 After the successful tour of the Libertarian Angle in the southeast this past fall, FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman are taking the show on the road again! Using the same interactive format as the Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Sheldon will integrate college audiences into the discussion. In conjunction with our friends at the
The Libertarian Angle: Sanctions by Future of Freedom Foundation March 24, 2014 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss the horrible effects of governmental sanctions. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.
Welfare Without the State by Nelson Hultberg March 24, 2014 Libertarians and free-market conservatives take an unequivocal stand on the provision of state welfare. It should be phased out and returned to the private sector. Charity is not a proper function of government. This, of course, attracts the usual horrified denunciations of, "My God, what kind of human being are you? Don't you have any compassion? How can you wish ...
The Libertarian Angle: Ukraine, Immigration, and Bitcoin by Future of Freedom Foundation March 17, 2014 FFF president Jacob Hornberger and FFF vice president Sheldon Richman discuss Ukraine, immigration, and Bitcoin. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.