In “ Why The State is Different “, Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. says: “ the state is the only institution in society that can impose itself on all of society without asking the permission of anyone in particular. You can’t opt out. “ This brings up a point that can be problematic to the unprepared libertarian. Statists assert that you can opt out
As the Michigan battle over affirmative action heats up, and issues of race and sex politics continue to play a huge role in academia, a larger issue is being lost. A core assumption behind “affirmative action” and “equal opportunity” is that individuals have property rights in their jobs, or the right to at least be considered for their jobs.
With reference to “ In Defense of Scrooge ,” there is more to say. Contrary to the implication of Dickens’s story, it is doubtful that anything a rich man does with his money can harm the poor, unless he uses it to pay for the initiation of violence. If he stores all of his money under his bed for his entire life, then it’s just that much money
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The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.