Dangers of Democracy
by ThinkingWest The word “democracy” appears exactly zero times in the United States Constitution. And yet, no form of government is celebrated with the same fervency as democracy. Recently, the phrase ...
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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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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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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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The Cowardice of Censorship
by Theodore Dalrymple The main threat of censorship comes nowadays not from governments, but from an alliance, or at least a synergy, of pressure groups and unscrupulous and pusillanimous corporations. ...
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The Division of Federal and State Powers
By: TJ Martinell How much power would the federal government have? And what powers would the states retain? This was a hotly debated question as the states considered ratifying a new ...
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Taking Rights Seriously
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano The world is filled with self-evident truths — truisms — that philosophers, lawyers and judges know need not be proven. The sun rises in the east and ...
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