Archive for John Chodes
Dr. Andrew Ure: Pioneer Free Trader
John Chodes is the communications director for the Libertarian Party of New York City. In 1846 England became the first major industrial country to end its centuries-old protectionist policies against imports from other nations. This was a revolutionary move. Free trade was much more than an economic policy. It reflected the philosophy of justice and [...]
1Oct1998 | John Chodes | 0 comments | ContinuedLand Control as Mind Control
Mr. Chodes is the Communications Director for the Libertarian Party of New York City. Old Policies Still Plague Us Can a Southern farmer’s alleged racist values be transformed into “progressive” thinking (by Washington’s standards) through changes in what he plants? Can the development of new strains of crops, which can flourish despite extremes in temperature, [...]
1Feb1995 | John Chodes | 0 comments | ContinuedAre Women Exploited By the Free Market?
John Chodes is the Communications Director for the Libertarian Party of New York City. This article is adapted from “The Pragmatist.” The recently enacted Federal Civil Rights Bill once again tossed out one of the political hot potatoes of the 1990s: the issue of “equal pay for equal work.” Many of the Congressmen who voted [...]
1Sep1994 | John Chodes | 0 comments | ContinuedThe New Forest
John Chodes is the Communications Director for the Libertarian Party of New York City. Robin Hood is not a legend. He was a real person. If he were alive today, he would feel just as at home in our national parks as he did in Sherwood Forest in the 1300s. and for the same reasons. [...]
1Apr1994 | John Chodes | 0 comments | ContinuedRichard Cobden: Creator of The Free Market
John Chodes is the Communications Director of the Libertarian Party of New York City. The first half of the nineteenth century in England was much like contemporary America: It was a country strangled by bureaucratic regulations. Many people were always hungry, not because of poverty level wages, but because the price of grain for bread [...]
1Mar1993 | John Chodes | 0 comments | ContinuedThe S.E.C.s War Against the Theater
John Chodes’ most recent play, The Longboat, was presented on Theatre Row in New York. He is also the Communications Director for the Libertarian Party of New York City. As a playwright, I recently had a confrontation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, related to a theatrical production of mine. As a result of this [...]
1Nov1991 | John Chodes | 0 comments | ContinuedState Subsidy to Private Schools: A Case History of Destruction
John Chodes is the Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of New York City. This is a story of how government aid entangles private schools in public policy and eventually leads to state control. It is especially pertinent today because many parents with children in public schools are lobbying state legislatures for help: tax credits, [...]
1Mar1991 | John Chodes | 0 comments | ContinuedFriendly Societies: Voluntary Social Security and More
John Chodes is the vice chair of the Libertarian Party of New York City. In his retirement speech as Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill contrasted the world of small government in the 1930s, when he entered politics, with today’s big government emphasis on social services, which he helped cre ate: “Health insurance was out [...]
1Mar1990 | John Chodes | 10 comments | Continued-
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