Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion — the technique of the army and of the modern totalitarian state. The other is voluntary cooperation of individuals — the technique of the market place.
— Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom [1962]
August 8, 2022 JFK’s War Against the Military Industrial Complex
A question I often receive in response to my articles and books on the Kennedy assassination is: What difference does it make? The assassination took place almost 60 years ago. My answer: Look at three things: (1) the current budget of the military-industrial complex; (2) the perpetual foreign-policy crises into which our nation has been plunged; and (3) the totalitarian-like, dark-side powers wielded …
Libertarian Angle: U.S. Drug-War Hypocrisy and Brittney Griner
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Join Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling as we discuss the U.S. government’s hypocrisy in the context of the Brittney Griner case in Russia….
Did the FBI Swing the 2020 Election?
by James Bovard
Joe Biden won the 2020 election as a result of 43,000 votes in three states. The election was far closer than the media has …
Libertarian Angle: Federal Intimidation and Federal Inflation
by Jacob G. Hornberger, Richard M. Ebeling, and James Bovard
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob Hornberger, Richard Ebeling, and Jim Bovard discuss federal intimidation and federal inflation.