D. Monetary Policy and the Gold Standard This article is the sixth in a series critiquing libertarianism. “Individuals engaged in voluntary exchange should be free to use as money any mutually agreeable commodity or item. We support a halt to inflationary monetary policies and unconstitutional leg[...]
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Contra Libertarianism VI:
Economic Issues
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Contra Libertarianism V:
Economic Issues
C. Fiscal Policy and Private Sector Displacement This article is the fifth in a series critiquing libertarianism. “We support the passage of a “Balanced Budget Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution.” - Libertarian Party Platform The series began with two articles that defined libertari[...]
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Contra Libertarianism IV:
Economic Issues
B. The Virtue of Big Government This article is the fourth in a series critiquing libertarianism. The first two articles defined libertarianism and briefly outlined its origins and its alternatives. While strongly supporting libertarian respect for personal freedoms, the next article began the subst[...]
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Contra Libertarianism III:
Economic Issues
This article is the third in a series critiquing libertarianism. The last two articles defined libertarianism and gave a brief overview of the ideological debate. The antecedents of modern libertarianism essentially started as an assertion of human freedom against economic and political repression. [...]
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Contra Libertarianism II:
History – The Future as the Past?
Before critiquing libertarianism, it’s important to understand where it came from – and why other ways of governance eventually became more popular in the western world. Before the Industrial Revolution Although it seems inconceivable in today’s democratic capitalist societies, once upon a tim[...]
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Contra Libertarianism I:
Introduction & Definitions
It all sounds so good in theory. People should be free from the control of others – both politically and economically. If they earn money, they should be able to keep it. If people want to speak out, they should be able to. Above all, individuals should be free to live as they want without [...][...]
