Daily Articles

The Libertarian Angle: National Debt and the Debt Ceiling (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation March 19, 2019

The national debt keeps going up and the federal budget keeps running in the red. Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.

The Student Debt Conundrum

by Laurence M. Vance March 18, 2019

Using data from the Federal Reserve, Student Loan Hero — an organization that provides “resources, tools and information” to help “student loan borrowers understand their student loans and make intelligent repayment decisions” — reports that Among the Class of 2018, 69% of college students took out student loans, and they graduated with an average debt of ...

Political Contests Are Between Competing Socialisms

by Richard M. Ebeling March 15, 2019

Another election cycle has begun, even though it is less than a half a year since the November 2018 congressional elections. Donald Trump seems unlikely to face a serious challenger for his re-nomination as the Republican candidate for president (unless explosive revelations place his public standing in serious doubt in the coming months). But the Democratic field already has ...

War Spending Is Bankrupting America

by John W. Whitehead March 13, 2019

“Pity the nation whose people are sheep And whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages are silenced And whose bigots haunt the airwaves Pity the nation that raises not its voice Except to praise conquerors And acclaim the bully as hero And aims to rule the world By force and by torture… Pity the nation oh pity the people

The Libertarian Angle: The Virtues of Free Trade (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation March 12, 2019

Free trade is the most efficient system of resource distribution yet discovered, but more importantly, it is moral and a key feature of the free society. FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Citadel economics professor Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.

Reparations Nonsense

by Christine Smith March 11, 2019

Once again we are hearing that reparations should be given to black Americans, this time as political campaign rhetoric from several Democratic presidential candidates. As this subject surfaces again, it’s interesting to observe how many people of differing political ideologies appear to be confused by it. But it’s really very simple: There is no legitimate property-rights claim to be ...

Guns Rights and Property Rights

by Laurence M. Vance March 8, 2019

What is the relationship between gun rights and property rights? Because of recent actions by a state legislature, it might be best to look at this issue through the lens of church shootings. In October 2018, 11 people were killed and 7 injured in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In November 2017, ...

The Global Economy Desperately Needs Freedom

by Richard M. Ebeling March 7, 2019

How many bureaucrats are there in the world? The global population currently numbers more than 7.5 billion people. Out of that number it is estimated that the global labor force equals almost 3.5 billion, or a half a billion less than half of all the people on the planet. While it varies very greatly from one country to another, ...

The Libertarian Angle: Monetary Central Planning (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation March 6, 2019

Would the free market allocate money as efficiently as other goods? Of course! FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Citadel economics professor Richard M. Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast.

Forced Blood Draws & Implied Consent Laws Make a Mockery of the Fourth Amendment

by John W. Whitehead March 6, 2019

“The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has been shattered, leaving our liberty and personal integrity subject to the whim of every cop on the beat, trooper on the highway and jail official.” — Herman Schwartz, The Nation You think you’ve got rights? Think ...

Term Limits Are Not the Answer

by Laurence M. Vance March 4, 2019

Franklin D. Roosevelt has the distinction of being the only man to be elected to the office of the presidency four times (1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944). The nation’s first president, George Washington, after serving two terms as president (1789–1797), famously declined to seek a third term as president. (If he had done so, and won, he would have ...

Understanding the JFK Assassination, Part 6

by Jacob G. Hornberger March 1, 2019

This series will be published in a forthcoming book. Details to follow.