Consent or Perish! The Social Contract Issue
"There are three primary forms of consent: implied, verbal, and written. Social contract theory relies on the former of the three forms to function."
Who Can Defeat Trump? It’s Not the Democrats.
"Regardless of the outcome, one thing is certain: if you found entertainment value in the 2016 election, 2020 is sure to be a blockbuster."
Deadweight Loss: The Hidden Tax
"Deadweight loss occurs when something intervenes in the market and shifts the equilibrium price. Price ceilings, price floors, tariffs, and other externalities can create these pockets."
There’s Nothing Wrong With Bread and Circuses
"To claim that society will collapse unless people begin to throw all of their time towards their nation is not only preposterous, it’s subtly totalitarian."
Silence is Not Consent, and Not Voting Does Not Support the Status Quo
"The fact that so few people vote for Libertarian candidates is a very useful signal that party higher-ups should be paying attention to. This isn’t a case of citizens failing in their obligation to vote for the LP, it’s the LP failing in their ability to sufficiently attract voters."
Who Benefits From Americas Endless Wars?
"Endless (and un-won or even counterproductive) wars would seem a reliable way to fritter away "superpower" status. Patriotic Americans might pause to wonder who would want such a thing."
Rapid Fire Fallacy: Part 2
"These articles contain some key fallacies broken down that, while important and impactful on our discussions, aren’t issues with enough depth to require entire articles of their own."
The 2A is Not as Comprehensive as Some Would Like
"Ultimately, Heller recognized and confirmed that the 2A protects an individual right and not a collective right. That is not to say the 2A exists for the individual per se, but for its reference to militias to be valid, it must pertain to the individual."
Freedom Is Not Ability, And It Never Was
"The idea of economic freedom as is used by progressives is a bastardization of the term and one that attempts to conflate abilities and positive rights with negative ones."
Sometimes You’re Stalin: The Problem With “Fighting Nazis”
"Those that wish to simply start fighting Nazis, in general, miss the mark. A great example of this is Antifa."
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The Economics of Chinese Influence
Recently there have been a number of controversies in the business sector regarding Chinese influence on US corporations. Though the Chinese influence on markets...
Copland, the Libertarian
"Later in Copland’s life, he shifted from communism to liberalism. For minimalizing oppression from the common man, he was getting warmer, but he could have shifted even further toward even less oppression."
What They Still Get Wrong About Communism
"Communism and socialism require a massive state with coercion to achieve it's ideal of the state "withering away", but it is inconvenient for modern leftists to acknowledge that their ideas initially need to be forced to be implemented… and even when that happens, they miserably fail."
