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Unpopular Truths Need to Be Told
“Tell the people what is honestly believed to be true. Disregard votes. Pay no attention to popularity. ‘To thine own…
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Call Off the Call-Out Culture War
You don’t hear much about “call-out culture” anymore. The term has been supplanted by “cancel culture.” This is unfortunate, because…
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Individualist Feminism Versus Collectivist Feminism
Feminism is often considered a single homogenous ideology to either endorse or oppose. However, from the beginning, the movement has…
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How Atheist Anti-Capitalists Miss the Point
If an economist sees the handiwork of God in the economy, does that invalidate his economic arguments from a secular…
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Herbert Spencer’s Two Types of Society
According to the philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), there are two types of society: militant and industrial. In his 1884 book…
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It’s Either Commands or Contracts
“There are two different kinds of social cooperation,” wrote Ludwig von Mises: one based on contract (voluntary agreement and reciprocity),…
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Running Away from Our Own Revolution
In 1961, a group of students gathered for a seminar in a mansion in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, which was then…
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Cato’s Letters Explained “the Glorious Principles of Liberty” to the American Founders
In the twilight of his life, John Adams reflected on the American Revolution in a letter to Thomas Jefferson, writing:…
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What Ayn Rand Meant by “Americanism”
In 1946, a Russian immigrant to America tried to remind her fellow citizens what America was all about. A publication…
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The Iron Law of Kleptocracy
To develop his theory of government, John Locke posited an origin story of the state. He explained legitimate government as…
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The Education of Henry Hazlitt
Henry Hazlitt was not an economics professor. Yet he was one of the greatest economics educators in history. Through his…
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What the American Founders Meant by Equality
The Declaration of Independence famously proclaimed that “all men are created equal.” Thanks in part to that prestigious endorsement, “equality”…
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How to Create Like a Bastiat
What would it take to once again make liberty “an idea whose time has come”? Or as Leonard Read put…
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Keysmiths for Liberty
Most libertarians are converts. Very few were inculcated from childhood in the freedom philosophy. Most of us were indoctrinated by…
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How a Tiny Minority Can Lead the World Toward Liberty
Those who favor freedom may be tempted to despair. We seem hopelessly outnumbered. The masses don’t appreciate freedom, so they…
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