All Posts Tagged With: "liberty"
We Should Be Free Because We Are Equal
Equality should not be a dirty word for libertarians since equality of liberty and equality before the law are in our intellectual DNA.
7Jul2011 | Steven Horwitz | 20 comments | ContinuedLawrence W. Reed on the Importance of Liberty
Here’s the video of FEE President Lawrence W. Reed speaking at the Americans for Prosperity’s 2011 Defending the American Dream Summit in Jasper, Ga.
6Jun2011 | Tsvetelin M. Tsonevski | 1 comment | ContinuedThe TSA Makes Us Safer?
We both have contributed to the debate about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) since the furor erupted over the new “enhanced pat-downs” and backscatter scanners, which some call “porno scanners.” This debate has shown how few are the real defenders of liberty, since even the “liberal” media have lined up with the government. The debate [...]
24Feb2011 | and Steven Horwitz | 2 comments | ContinuedThe Urban Origins of Liberty
The city gave us the chance to think about freedom, as well as the means to articulate its philosophy and, in the dense social networks of cities, to spread the idea.
26Oct2010 | Sandy Ikeda | 11 comments | ContinuedGive Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media . . .
In the eighteenth century, Adam Smith explained the three forces at work against the establishment and maintenance of economic freedom. In his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith warned of the arrogance and danger of what he called “the man of system,” or the social engineer, who presumes to redesign man and society [...]
6Jul2010 | Richard M. Ebeling | 0 comments | ContinuedWhy Not More Liberty?
There are two extreme views of American government and the political process. One is that policy is the result of special interests rigging the system in their favor and exploiting the ignorant or at least impotent masses. The other is that government pretty much gives the people what they want. My own view is much [...]
5Jul2010 | Russell Roberts | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Politics of Liberty in England and Revolutionary America
Explaining and, worse, legitimizing the state occupied sixteenth- and seventeenth-century philosophers in England and Europe. Even as the beast they dissected exiled or imprisoned them and ravaged their countries with civil war, they worried about the intricacies of absolute monarchy. How exactly did God ordain it, and do men owe obligations beyond abject submission to [...]
18May2010 | Becky Akers | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Moral Consequences of Economic Growth
Benjamin Friedman is a professor of political economy and a former chairman of the economics department at Harvard University. He is also an unswerving advocate of the interventionist welfare state. His recent book, The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, is meant to demonstrate what is necessary to assure that the majority of the people will [...]
18May2010 | Richard M. Ebeling | 1 comment | ContinuedNew Hope for Africa’s Most Populous Nation
When riots surrounding the Miss World beauty pageant in Nigeria claimed more than 200 lives last November, a horrified world thought it was observing religious fanaticism run wild. Widespread reports blamed the bloodshed on an article in a local newspaper, in which the author stated that if the prophet Mohammed were around today he might [...]
19Apr2010 | Lawrence W. Reed | 2 comments | ContinuedAnti-Force Is the Common Denominator
Allow me to alter something the great humorist Will Rogers said: “I’m not a member of any organized group. I’m a libertarian.” I wince a bit as I say that, though. Let me explain. Labels such as “libertarian” aren’t always illuminating. Sometimes they serve as expedient substitutes for thought—as in, “Oh, he’s one of those!” [...]
24Mar2010 | Lawrence W. Reed | 14 comments | ContinuedIs the Name “Capitalism” Worth Keeping? Part 2
The deeper problem with the terms “capitalism” and “socialism” is that they don’t indicate the institutional arrangements under the systems would operate
7Jan2010 | Steven Horwitz | 21 comments | ContinuedFreedom in America: Is the Glass Half-full or Half-empty?
It is an age-old question of perception. Show a person a glass with some liquid in it and ask, “Is it half-full or half-empty?” The importance of the answer depends on the interests of the person asking the question. If you owned a restaurant and wanted to skimp on the wine, you would rather your [...]
5Jan2010 | George C. Leef | 5 comments | ContinuedTGIF: What Next?
Liberty always walks uphill. Read the rest here.
1Jan2010 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Sound of Freedom
When I have the chance, I often pose this question to people who have become advocates for liberty: “What was it that first turned you on to these ideas?” It’s an important question that always produces revealing answers and sometimes some fascinating stories. Liberty, keep in mind, is not automatic or guaranteed. Few people who [...]
18Nov2009 | Lawrence W. Reed | 3 comments | ContinuedTwo Decades Since the Fall
Perspective Two Decades Since the Fall On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall effectively ceased to exist. Remember the sequence: Communist Hungary started letting people pass into Austria and to freedom. Captives of the Soviet bloc left in droves. East Germans, too—thousands of them. The Hungarian government tried to stanch the flow, but the dam [...]
23Oct2009 | Sheldon Richman | 1 comment | ContinuedA Tribute to the Polish People
The cause of liberty saw memorable highs and unconscionable lows in 1989. Surely that year will be best remembered as the year Soviet hegemony over central Europe disintegrated, paving the way for the dissolution of the Soviet Union itself in 1991. Free people everywhere should toast the brave people of one nation in particular–Poland–for the [...]
23Sep2009 | Lawrence W. Reed | 7 comments | ContinuedThere's a Totalitarian in All of Us
These are moments of clarity. I woke up this morning and went bleary-eyed into the kitchen to discover I was out of coffee. Truth is, I knew I was running out and had just forgotten to go to the store. I live next to a middle school. At 7:30 in the morning, the crossing guard [...]
9Sep2009 | Mike Van Winkle | 5 comments | Continued-
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