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Wabi-Sabi

The Extraordinary Business of Life

MAY 24, 2013 by SANDY IKEDA

Economics studies much more than just the part of life devoted to business, and libertarianism isn't a simple pro-business position. But then business itself--dynamic, subversive, liberating--is much more than just one part of life.

Book Review

Flaying the Emperor

MAY 23, 2013 by ROBERT BATEMARCO

Robert Higgs has made a career of showing that the emperor (i.e., the State) has no clothes. Delusions of Power, a collection of his essays over the last seven years, does much more than that--it flays him, too.

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Oklahoma: The Economic Storm

A tornado ravaged Oklahoma last week, destroying hundreds of homes, killing dozens, and injuring hundreds more. Unfortunately, it looks like the citizens of Oklahoma are about to be ravaged by another storm brought on by the Oklahoma Attorney General.

A Diabolical Tool

Ready to get rid of the income tax?

The federal income tax system is burdensome and stupid. It's a diabolical tool against the people's liberty. Let's finally muster the courage to get rid of it--and the entire IRS "workforce" of 95,000 lackeys too shameless and unmindful to protect our liberty.

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THE ARENA

The Arena is a monthly debate feature designed to help readers explore issues of concern to classical liberals/libertarians.

This month, the issue is Gay Marriage. The proposition is: Gay Marriage Expands Liberty. Richard Lorenc will be arguing for the proposition. Steve Esposito will be arguing against the proposition.

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May 2013

From natural systems to human systems, we start to notice patterns in nature that are products of good flow. Adrian Bejan discusses this crucial insight--and how it makes freedom even more needful--in this month's interview. Zachary Caceres looks at what emergence can tell us about the universe, the market, the heart, and the sacred; Mike Reid recounts the tragedies produced when the State tries to impose its order on people who have already developed their own; Gary Galles channels Leonard Read: the State is a clenched fist, he says, so it cannot create; Brad Taylor says democracy might just be another imposed order in some situations; Karl Borden wonders whether an individual's right to be left alone can be part of the order of things; and much, much more.Download Free PDF

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This month, the issue is Gay Marriage. The proposition is: Gay Marriage Expands Liberty. Richard Lorenc will be arguing for the proposition. Steve Esposito will be arguing against the proposition.

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