What are the philosophical foundations of a libertarian society? There are many possible answers, but in this column, I’m going to discuss
Mussolini: “The fascist conception of life stresses the importance of the State and accepts the individual only in so far as his
Frederic Bastiat was a well-known and eloquent defender of liberty and free-market economics. He also was a devout Catholic who looked to
To find any real growth in employment in the September report, we have to look to government jobs and workers holding down
As Murray Rothbard often noted, freedom of association is a fundamental right, what he called a “subset of private property rights.” Unfortunately,
America is always on the verge of finally having "honest government." Of course, what passes for “honest government” is a government that
The political zeitgeist is to embrace protectionism, leading some who support free trade to embrace open borders. However, as Murray Rothbard explained,
The more things change, the more they remain the same. In our present age of inflation, we are reminded of how Diocletian
Many proponents of free markets have tried to cast aside the name “capitalism” as a descriptor of the market system. They should