The news that the baker’s union strike effectively shut down Hostess should be sobering news to Americans and a wake up call to the damage that unions and their coerced wages do. Of course most of the coverage in the mainstream media is sympathetic to the union workers and condemns Hostess for shutting down. And […]
Why You Shouldn’t Vote: Top Libertarians Give Their Reasons
Those of us who take the non-aggression principle seriously (libertarians) are not just cynical and think that voting is a waste of time. We also believe that voting is unethical. Why, you ask? It’s actually quite simple. Since we as individuals do not have the right to go to our neighbor and, under the threat […]
Tom Woods: Citizen, do not question the Fed
I read Tom Woods’ blog every day, and gems like this post are a big reason why. Dr. Woods sums up what a ridiculous infographic called “A Visual Guide To The Federal Reserve” spells out: Check out this graphic on the Federal Reserve. Let me summarize it for you: the Fed is run by super-smart […]
Economic Collapse Blog Advocates Government Counterfeiting
In a new article at The Economic Collapse Blog the author suggests that instead of allowing banks to create money we instead should have national governments create money. The advantage of this system, claims the author, is that the money created would not be based on debt and therefore would not have to be paid […]
Gerard Casey speaks about Murray Rothbard and libertarian anarchy
In an interview with Jeffrey Tucker of the Mises Institute, Gerard Casey talked about his new book Libertarian Anarchy: Against the State and Murry Rothbard’s worldview. Topics of the discussion included the Rothbardian view of the modern state, Ludwig von Mises’s Theory of Money and Credit, and the nature of the state.