Richard M. Ebeling
The Real Spirit of the Declaration of Independence
The philosophical underpinnings of the Declaration of Independence, therefore, proclaim a self-evident truth of individual liberty and right to honestly acquired property that all men of unbiased reasoning could and should agree with and see as essential to a free, just, and prosperous society.
Austrian Economics on the 45th Anniversary of Its Rebirth
This June marks the 45th anniversary of the revival of the Austrian School of Economics. During the week of June 15-22, 1974, the Institute for Humane Studies brought together about 50 people in South Royalton, Vermont to listen to a series of lectures by three of the leading figures of the, then, existing remnant of…
Debt, Deficits and the Cost of Free Lunches
Any defense of or desire for fiscal restraint and less government spending and borrowing are entirely out the window.
America’s Economic Commissar of Trade
In this he is no less of an economic tyrant than, say, Nicolas Maduro, the socialist dictator of Venezuela. He, too, rules by command and decree.
Why Neo-liberalism Is Really Neo-socialism
When Professor Stiglitz says that his neo-socialism is the only alternative to the failed neo-liberalism of our time, he is merely saying: let me impose upon you the economic planning schemes that I consider the good, fair, and just ones for you, in place of those other command-economy coercers who want to take you down “wrong”…
The Plague of Meddling Political Busybodies
The end goal of our planning paternalists is the command economy.
Freedom Is Why Immigrants Come to America
The danger in American society today is not the arrival of new waves of immigrants from various other parts of the world compared to the past.
All Socialisms Are Antisocial
Socialism is the antisocial system of politics over people, governmental power instead of peaceful and free association, and a handful of imposed political plans instead of a pluralism of as many plans as there are people in the world.
The Presidential Political Circus Has Begun
Yes, the greatest political show on earth. It’s just too bad that so few of the performers that are listed on the campaign-program flyers to entertain us have any belief in and policy platforms for advancing individual liberty, free markets, the impartial rule of law, or constitutionally limited government. Still, sit back and watch the…
What 19th-Century Foreign Writers Said about American Freedom and Prosperity
In the face of the history and practice throughout the ages of tyranny and despotism, monarchy and aristocracy, America was this self-declared and self-established system of representative, republican government.
