Democracy

Is the minimal state possible or even desirable? Murray Rothbard said no to both, but getting to a position of a stateless society is not an easy proposition.

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho look past the political circus of midterm candidate campaigns to the state ballot initiatives on the ballot around the country.

The free market isn’t an entity that exists in a vacuum, but a social condition that exists under a specific cultural strand that respects individuality and proportionality in regards to competition—willingness to accept loss when outcompeted. 

The free market isn’t an entity that exists in a vacuum, but a social condition that exists under a specific cultural strand that respects individuality and proportionality in regards to competition—willingness to accept loss when outcompeted. 

Trump's apparent willingness to restart his unpopular war with Iran after next week’s elections reveals a fundamental problem with modern mass democracy. And, in doing so, it helps clarify how public opinion actually affects government.

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes issue with Steven B. Smith’s portrayal of Abraham Lincoln as a “statesman” who was “America’s greatest president.”

Many socialists define socialism by their ideal goals rather than the process—the expansion of the taking mechanism of the coercive state.

Many socialists define socialism by their ideal goals rather than the process—the expansion of the taking mechanism of the coercive state.

Populists have spent the past decade rebelling against a political system they correctly recognize as rigged. But they keep focusing on its surface-level symptoms while ignoring the institution at its center.

Populists have spent the past decade rebelling against a political system they correctly recognize as rigged. But they keep focusing on its surface-level symptoms while ignoring the institution at its center.