Why a tolerant society is not a free society
Individual freedom is the libertarian ideal, the abstract value which guides moral action. As a political idea, libertarianism emerged in the latter part of the 19th century from liberalism, the overarching political paradigm to come from the Enlightenment. Liberalism centred the individual, both as the architect of his own destiny through his faculty for [...]
Why do young people hate capitalism?
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) has released its fourth Annual Report on US Attitudes Toward Socialism, Communism, and Collectivism. And the survey, [...]
Portugal’s recovery: a socialist success story?
A
few years ago, Portugal was the P in PIGS, the quartet of Southern European
countries who were hit hardest by the Great Depression and the Euro crisis that
followed. Years [...]
The gift from fossil fuels
CO2 emissions are the consequence of producing energy. It is true for animals, including humans, who breathe out the much-maligned gas which is produced in our cells as [...]
What the climate strikers really want
Across the world, children have been skipping school to take to the streets. They are protesting to demand an end to the use of fossil fuels as part of the Global Climate [...]
No, warlords would not take over a stateless society
By Bradley Thomas
Perhaps the most common question faced by advocates of a stateless society behind “who will build the roads?” is concern about warlords taking [...]
The (not so hidden) cost of regulation
Proponents of regulation often look primarily at the “benefits” of such regulation, but in every aspect of regulation there is a trade-off between pushing people towards [...]
When the left calls us racists, what they are really expressing is contempt for Western culture
John Cleese has long enjoyed iconic status in the British entertainment industry, but when he tweeted that London ‘was not really an English city any more’, he was faced [...]
Fake climate news – and who is spreading it
Google
‘fake climate change news’ and you will find a slew of stories about how to
stop the spread of false stories about climate change. Many focus on President
Trump. [...]
The Welfare State: a failed experiment
The
welfare state, many claim, is the crowning achievement of modern civilisation.
Institutions of the state stand as guarantor of equality of opportunity and
provide a [...]
One chart to explain the inflation conundrum
With the world’s central banks again poised to enter an easing cycle, having scarcely begun to exit their last decade-long period of ultra-loose monetary policy, there is [...]