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The Left, The Right, and the State
The Left, The Right, and The State, a collection of 103 essays by Llewellyn Rockwell, looks at the ways both the left and right use the State to pursue their goals. Rockwell, president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, argues forcefully that our liberty and property are endangered equally by left-wing and right-wing statism. As [...]
23Oct2009 | George C. Leef | 4 comments | ContinuedAlice in Wonderland
From TalkingPointsMemo: Known as a moderate on the court, [Supreme Court nominee-designate Sonia] Sotomayor often forges consensus and agreeing with her more conservative nominees far more frequently than she disagrees with them. In cases where Sotomayor and at least one judge appointed by a Republican president were on the three-judge panel, Sotomayor and the Republican [...]
28May2009 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedTime to Revive Individualism?
One problem facing people who broadly favor smaller, limited government; private property; and free exchange is what to call themselves. Historically the word “liberal” was the answer and still is in many parts of continental Europe. However, in the Anglophone world, particularly the United States, the word has now come to refer to those who [...]
1Sep2007 | Stephen Davies | 2 comments | ContinuedFreedom and the Role of Government
Richard Ebeling is the president of FEE. What is the role of government? This has been and remains the most fundamental question in all political discussions and debates. Its answer will determine the nature of the social order and how people will be expected and allowed to interact with one another—on the basis of either [...]
1May2007 | Richard M. Ebeling | 0 comments | ContinuedTowards a Liberal Utopia?
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1May2007 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | ContinuedI, Liberal
In October a few of us at FEE traveled all the way to Tbilisi, Georgia, one of the former Soviet Union’s imperial possessions, to put on a two-day student seminar in the political economy of freedom. Georgia is a scenic country with gracious people. We enjoyed warm hospitality throughout our visit. The Georgians are struggling [...]
1Feb2005 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedCoercivists and Voluntarists
Categorizing a political position according to some simple left-right scale of values leaves something to be desired. Political views cover such a wide variety of issues that it is impossible to describe adequately any one person merely by identifying where he sits on a lone horizontal line. Use of the single left-right scale makes impossible [...]
1Aug1997 | Donald J. Boudreaux | 4 comments | ContinuedThe Literature of Freedom
Mr. Hazlitt, author of “Economics in One Lesson” and other libertarian works is a contributing editor of “Newsweek.” The free man’s library is a descriptive and critical bibliography of works on the philosophy of individualism—“individualism” in a broad sense. The bibliography includes works which explain the workings and advantages of free trade, free enterprise, and [...]
1Jun1956 | Henry Hazlitt | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Liberal in the Modern World
Mr. Phelan is vice president of the St. Louis Union Trust Company. This article is from a 13-page essay. Perhaps the most fundamental difference between traditional liberals and twentieth century liberals is their attitude toward man. The traditional liberal thinks in terms of man as an individual. The twentieth century liberal thinks of man as [...]
1Jun1956 | Towner Phelan | 0 comments | ContinuedWho Is A Libertarian?
Those of us who favor individual freedom with personal responsibility have been unable to agree upon a generally acceptable name for ourselves and our philosophy of liberty. This would be relatively unimportant except for the fact that the opposition will call us by some name, even though we might not desire to be identified by [...]
1May1955 | Dean Russell | 1 comment | Continued-
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