Via LearnLiberty, In a two-party, majority rule system, moving toward the center is not likely to alienate the voters on the ends because they feel there is not another viable candidate to vote for instead. This means, there really isn’t any penalty for a candidate chooses to move toward the […]
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Because I am today a member of a small Baptist church, I feel I can get away with posting this great video which is a little unkind about us. There may be some people at my church who don’t drink but I’m not aware of anyone having a theological objection […]
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Via LearnLiberty, Why Do We Exchange Things? The answer is simple. In voluntary exchange, both parties benefit. We exchange things because it makes us happier. Gifts are often wonderful but the giver’s reward is the warm glow of altruism. Only the recipient is better off and only if they received something […]
Read More Another superb video from LearnLiberty, Does Government Create Jobs: Related reading: Kirzner, How Markets Work
Read MoreAnother excellent video from LearnLiberty.org, in which Lawrence White concludes it would be dangerous to leave the control of money with the same institutions which caused the present crisis, hoping they will do better in future: What would it mean to “End the Fed?” Free banking expert and professor Lawrence […]
Read MoreCrony capitalism — businesses capturing the state for commercial advantage, serving politicians and officials instead of the public — ought to be brought to an end. A prerequisite to that is a good understanding of how social cooperation in the market works. Israel Kirzner’s, How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship and […]
Read MoreVia Learn Liberty, a fascinating analysis of the breakdown of the traditional left-right political spectrum: See also The Political Compass.
Read MoreVia Learn Liberty, Dr Stephen Davies attempts to answer briefly the question of why Conservatives should follow the philosophy of freedom: I’m reminded of two things: that the Conservative Party has a habit of absorbing proper liberals, believers in freedom in the general interest, and that Lord Acton said, At […]
Read MoreVia LearnLiberty, Chris Coyne presents The Economics of Valentine’s Day:
Read MoreVia LearnLiberty.org: And also: Society is concerted action, cooperation. Society is the outcome of conscious and purposeful behaviour. … Individual man is born into a socially organized environment. In this sense alone we may accept the saying that society is–logically or historically–antecedent to the individual. In every other sense this […]
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