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Agorism’s Tech Triumvirate

Anything Peaceful in the Counter-Economy

JUNE 14, 2013 by TOMASZ KAYE

New technologies are opening new routes around the State, helping connect both protesters in Turkey and anyone who isn't crazy about having the NSA reading over their shoulders.

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The Eyes Watching You

1984 and the Surveillance State

JUNE 13, 2013 by SARAH SKWIRE

We'd better hope we're living under a Kafkaesque regime rather than an Orwellian one. In the former, incompetence provides a little space for a life to be lived. In the latter, there is no private space, there are no innocents, and the surveillance State never makes mistakes.

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Take Me Out to the Cleaners

Crony Capitalism and Stadium Funding

JUNE 12, 2013 by MICHAEL NOLAN

Stadium funding deals amount to making some people's leisure-time preferences a matter of law, then forcing everyone to transfer money to the already wealthy.

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This month, the issue is immigration. The proposition is: The US should open its borders. Nathan Smith will be arguing for the proposition. A. M. Fantini will be arguing against the proposition.

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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 immigration. The proposition is: The US should open its borders. Nathan Smith will be arguing for the proposition. A. M. Fantini will be arguing against the proposition.