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The Pursuit of Happiness

Tobacco Speakeasy

Prohibition Lite Is Making RYO Cigarettes All the Rage

JUNE 19, 2013 by JEFFREY A. TUCKER

Smokers haven't had to roll their own cigarettes in nearly a century. If the State can reduce the market for one of the most-traded items on earth to this level, what can't it ruin?

The Future Belongs to Liberty

Whose Folly? Whose Goodies?

JUNE 18, 2013 by DOUG BANDOW

Washington insiders' complaints about the sequester show just how little they've learned from the fiscal mess they created.

Feature

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.

Book Value

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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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.

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June 2013

Cities are vast, complex orders that emerge from the voluntary actions of millions of people. In this issue, we take a look at them, from Sandy Ikeda's examination of the invisible blueprints that define cities, to Rod Lockwood's concept of a free city that could rescue Detroit, to Troy Camplin's theories of why cities exemplify the unity of paradox that defines beauty. Speaking of beauty, we reintroduce poetry to The Freeman. We also introduce The Arena, a monthly debate feature, and much, much more.Download Free PDF

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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.