All Posts Tagged With: "self-ownership"
The Day We Read No More
Angus Crane is a lawyer in Virginia. I recently appeared before the Montgomery County District Court, Traffic Division, in Rockville, Maryland, to challenge a traffic citation. I arrived 30 minutes before the court convened. I must first confess, in the words of Theodore Roosevelt, that “reading with me is a disease.” Thus like TR, I [...]
1Mar2000 | Angus E. Crane | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Ethics of Liberty
The late Murray Rothbard was a libertarian scholar and advocate with an incredibly wide range of interests. His books covered technical economics in the Austrian tradition (Man, Economy, and State; Power and Market), economic history (America’s Great Depression, The Panic of 1819), the history of economic thought (Economic Thought Before Adam Smith, Classical Economics), history [...]
1Dec1998 | Sheldon Richman | 1 comment | ContinuedIndividualist Feminism: The Lost Tradition
Women are, and should be treated as, the equals of men. For many, that sentiment forms the core of feminist theory and policy. But historically, there has been substantial disagreement within the feminist movement over the meaning of the term equality. Does it mean: equality under existing laws; equality under laws more just than existing [...]
1Aug1998 | Wendy McElroy | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Right to Medical Care
The idea of a right to medical care is so blithely tossed around that most people never take time to ponder the rather serious consequences that would flow from it. It is a classic pseudo-right. A pseudo-right is any claim expressed in rights language that would expand the power of the state at the expense [...]
1Sep1997 | Sheldon Richman | 8 comments | ContinuedLibertarianism: A Primer by David Boaz
The Free Press • 1997 • 228 pages • $23.00 Dr. Attarian is a freelance writer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. With statism’s failures obvious, and Americans’ disgust with statist government and politicians burgeoning, David Boaz’s accessible book is a handy and timely introduction to an appealing alternative. Opening with a brisk presentation of essential ideas, [...]
1Aug1997 | John Attarian | 0 comments | ContinuedPerspectives on Capitalism and Freedom
Dr. Younkins is professor of accountancy and business administration at Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia. Capitalism and freedom are inseparable. In our society we believe that human beings, merely by virtue of being human, possess the capacity to exercise freedom and the right to do so. Each person should be free to own property, [...]
1Dec1996 | Edward W. Younkins | 0 comments | Continued-
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