Summary At a time when the classical liberal idea and ideal of personal freedom and economic liberty seem to be …
The pandemic wake-up call: Defending business and individual rights
by Jaana Woiceshyn A recurrent theme of this blog is the moral defense of business. Business is a force for …
John Stuart Mill on Slavery and the American Civil War
Summary: The issue of slavery as part of the American political and economic system has become a new and heated …
An “Austrian” Agenda for Post-Coronavirus Recovery
Summary Everyone is waiting to escape from both the Coronavirus and the government-imposed lockdowns that have brought much of the …
Remembering Deepak Lal
by Ian Vásquez at CATO AT LIBERTY The great development economist Deepak Lal, a colleague and long‐time friend to many of …
How to end poverty
by Jaana Woiceshyn In a recent National Post column, Andrew Coyne reported on a newly released statistic: Canada’s poverty rate …
Liberty versus Political Paternalism
Summary Crises like the current Coronavirus pandemic lead people even more than usually to focus on the immediate problem, and …
Reflections on the pandemic
We need a national survey of the incidence of coronavirus by testing a representative sample of population, not lockdowns by …
Independent Institute’s List of Books on the Folly of Socialism
What everyone should know about the practical and moral failures of the socialist project (Oakland, CA)—A list of about forty …