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Racism, Materialism and Militarism Still Reign Supreme

by John W. Whitehead April 5, 2018

In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. ou can be filled with bitterness, with hatred, and a desire for revenge. We can move in that direction as a country, in great polarization…filled with ... [click for more]

Gambling Madness

by Laurence M. Vance April 4, 2018

March Madness has finally ended, albeit in April. However, the federal prohibition against gambling on the basketball games continues. On March 11 — Selection Sunday — the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced which 68 teams qualified for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Thirty-two teams get automatic spots to play because they are conference tournament ... [click for more]

The Libertarian Angle: Separate School & State

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 3, 2018

What is the best way to educate children? Who decides? Join Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling as they explore. Go to the podcast. [click for more]

Reasons for Anti-Capitalism: Ignorance, Arrogance, and Envy

by Richard M. Ebeling April 2, 2018

Why is the free enterprise or capitalist economic system so widely disliked, hated and opposed? Given the success of the competitive market economy to “deliver the goods,” it presents something of a paradox. An economic system that has either radically reduced or even in some instances virtually eliminated poverty, that has created widely available opportunities for personal, social and ... [click for more]

Pinochet’s Chicago Boys versus Freedom

by Jacob G. Hornberger March 30, 2018

Ever since the U.S.-supported military coup in Chile that brought Gen. Augusto Pinochet to power in 1973, American and Chilean conservatives have extolled the economic policies that the Pinochet regime brought to Chile. The policies, which conservatives have long described as “free-market,” originated within a group of Chilean economists known as the Chicago Boys, who accepted governmental positions in ... [click for more]

Limited Government and a Free Society, Part 3

by Gregory Bresiger March 29, 2018

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt was up for reelection in 1940. Toward the end of the election campaign, wanting to reassure the considerable isolationist sentiment, he promised not to send U.S. troops to Europe. “I have said this before. But I shall say it again and again and again. Your ... [click for more]

If You Really Want to Save Lives, Take Aim at Government Violence

by John W. Whitehead March 28, 2018

“It is often the case that police shootings, incidents where law enforcement officers pull the trigger on civilians, are left out of the conversation on gun violence. But a police officer shooting a civilian counts as gun violence. Every time an officer uses a gun against an innocent or an unarmed person contributes to the culture ... [click for more]

The Libertarian Angle: Free Banking and Bitcoin

by Future of Freedom Foundation March 27, 2018

Special guest Larry White, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and professor of economics at George Mason University, joins Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling to discuss Bitcoin and what a free market in money would look like. Go to the podcast http://libertarianangle.libsyn.com/. [click for more]

Mises the Man and His Monetary Policy Ideas Based on His “Lost Papers”

by Richard M. Ebeling March 26, 2018

One day in 1927 Austrian economist, Ludwig von Mises, stood at the window of his office at the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, and looked out over the Ringstrasse (the main grand boulevard that encircles the center of Vienna). He said to his young friend and former student, Fritz Machlup, “Maybe grass will grow there, because our civilization will end.” ... [click for more]

Trump, Free Speech, and Libertarianism

by Scott McPherson March 23, 2018

There is a modest amount of crossover between populism and libertarianism — as there is between libertarianism and other political philosophies — but leftists and progressives should hesitate before lumping us into the same category. For the most part populists are just big-government conservatives — which means they have more in common with the political Left than with us ... [click for more]

How to Make America Great Again

by Laurence M. Vance March 22, 2018

It has now been a year since Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the forty-fifth president of the United States of America. Among other things, he said in his inauguration speech, From this day forward, it’s going to be only America first, America first. Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, ... [click for more]

Libertarian Angle: Come to Our Charleston Conference! (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation March 21, 2018

Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss the upcoming conference in Charleston, SC, co-hosted by the Ron Paul Institute and FFF. Register today. [click for more]