Archive for Jacob H. Huebert
Jacob H. Huebert, an attorney, is an adjunct professor of law at Ohio Northern University College of Law, and the author of Libertarianism Today (Praeger, 2010).
Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century
How can Americans restrain an out-of-control federal government that won’t recognize any constitutional limits on its power? In Nullification: How to Resist Tyranny in the 21st Century, Thomas Woods argues that state invalidation of federal laws could be the answer. First, though, Woods identifies what almost certainly won’t work: trying to effect change by sending [...]
21Sep2011 | Jacob H. Huebert | 26 comments | ContinuedThis Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America
Americans really like to get high, and they’ll go out of their way to do so even when the government threatens to punish them. That’s the theme that comes through strongest in Ryan Grim’s This Is Your Country On Drugs, a look at the relationship among Americans, the drugs they use, and their government. The [...]
24Nov2010 | Jacob H. Huebert | 1 comment | ContinuedWho Killed the Constitution? The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush
There have now been many conservative and libertarian books covering the demise of American liberty under the U.S. Constitution, so if you don’t think you need to read another one, I understand. Still, if that’s what you think, you’re wrong. The latest entry in the genre, Thomas Woods and Kevin Gutzman’s Who Killed the Constitution?, [...]
17Jun2009 | Jacob H. Huebert | 1 comment | ContinuedDowntown Revitalization: City Governments Versus Consumers
What a thrill to visit cities that have “revitalized” their downtown areas! From the empty streets to the government offices to the abandoned retail spaces—what’s not to like? Well, everything, of course. Not only are such areas unsightly and useless, they often come at the expense of millions of taxpayer dollars and eminent-domain coercion. There’s [...]
1Apr2008 | Jacob H. Huebert | 3 comments | ContinuedEnvironmentalists in Outer Space
J. H. Huebert (jhhuebert@jhhuebert.com) is an attorney and a former FEE intern. Walter Block (wblock@loyno.edu) is Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics and professor of economics at Loyola University, New Orleans. A longer version of this article appeared in the University of Memphis Law Review. Save the earth! That’s been the mantra of [...]
1Mar2008 | and Jacob H. Huebert | 0 comments | ContinuedDownsizing the Federal Government
By Chris Edwards Reviewed by J. H. Huebert
1May2007 | Jacob H. Huebert | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Paying with Plastic: The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing, 2nd edition, by David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee
Paying with Plastic: The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing, 2nd edition by David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee MIT Press • 2005 • 367 pages • $62.00 hardcover; $24.95 paperback Reviewed by J. H. Huebert The market has an amazing ability to induce voluntary cooperation among millions of people around the globe to provide [...]
1May2006 | Jacob H. Huebert | 0 comments | ContinuedFree-Market Justice Is in the Cards
Nearly everyone takes it for granted that if government did not protect consumers from fraud, no such protection would be provided. The free market, however, protects consumers in countless ways, all without any government intervention. In fact, it does so more efficiently and effectively than the government can. One of the most impressive examples of [...]
1Apr2005 | Jacob H. Huebert | 0 comments | ContinuedIndependent Schools at Risk
Jacob Huebert is a student at Grove City College and an intern at FEE. As discontentment with government schools grows, tax-funded “school choice” has emerged as the leading reform proposal. School-choice programs typically include a voucher plan, although some would make direct payments from the government to private schools. Those proposals are intended to give [...]
1Sep1999 | Jacob H. Huebert | 2 comments | Continued-
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