The Iron Law of Kleptocracy
Locke vs. Oppenheimer: Two Origin Stories of the State by Dan Sanchez To develop his theory of government, John Locke posited an origin story of the state. He explained legitimate ...
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Frédéric Bastiat’s Fruitful Fusionism
by Nathan Smith Around the beginning of the 19th century, per capita economic growth turned decisively positive, and Western nations began prospering as never before. Economists have many theories to ...
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Factions: The Greatest Danger to the Cause of Truth and Liberty
By: TJ Martinell Noah Webster warned us about the dangers of “party-spirit” and factions. In his 1794 essay The Revolution in France, the noted American writer and dictionary author analyzed the situation ...
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Unsustainable: Record Spending Can’t Go On Forever
By: Mike Maharrey The biggest government in history is effectively running on credit cards. The U.S .government ran a $1.38 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2022 despite government receipts at near-record ...
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The Deadly Sins of Politics
Ideologies shaped in iniquity by Axel Weber and Dan Sanchez The nineteenth-century philosopher Joseph de Maistre once wrote “Every nation gets the government it deserves.” This is true in a ...
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The Three Traits of Tyranny
According to John Locke and the American Founders by Dan Sanchez The American founders who drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence grounded their case for separating from Great Britain ...
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The Descent into Tyranny
by Daniel Klein & Michael C. Munger When you lean over in a canoe on a river, the boat tilts but then rights itself. But if there is too much pressure on ...
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Necessary is Supposed to Mean Necessary
By: Michael Boldin When the Constitution was ratified, the word necessary meant, well, necessary. But in the dystopian “future” we live under today, words don’t mean what they actually mean. They ...
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The Most Dangerous Man in the World: Menace to Tyrants, Liberator of Generations
By: Dan Sanchez In 1683, the most dangerous man in the world escaped from England to the Netherlands. He didn’t look very formidable. He was 51 years old, lanky, and asthmatic. ...
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Today in History: First Continental Congress Passes the Continental Association
By: Mike Maharrey Today in history, on October 20, 1774, the First Continental Congress adopted the Continental Association. This agreement put teeth into the Declaration of Colonial Rights the Congress adopted a week earlier by ...
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