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How to get economy growing fast
26 May 2012, 12:04 pm
In a recent discussion of what his administration might accomplish, Mitt Romney claimed that "by virtue of the policies that we put in place, we'd get the unemployment rate down to 6%, and perhaps a little lower," over a period of four years.
Opinion: How to get fast GDP growth
26 May 2012, 12:04 pm
Mitt Romney is predicting he could reduce unemployment to 6% in four years, but Jeffrey Miron says the U.S. needs to boost the economy at a faster pace
How to cure the crazy
26 May 2012, 8:02 am
The return of Donald Trump forces the question: Is there anything the GOP can do to recover from insanity?
Political Thought through the Ages
23 May 2012, 4:18 pm
David Gordon will teach Political Thought through the Ages , a 6-week online course at the Mises Academy, starting June 7, 2012.
Mitt Romney Vs. Rand Paul In 2016?
22 May 2012, 3:46 pm
It increasingly looks like GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul and his passionate loyalists are consolidating clout in state party organizations with an eye toward 2016. They appear to be laying the groundwork for a future presidential run by the congressman's son, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
Recapturing the Friedmans
20 May 2012, 1:40 am
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) On my desk right now are reporter Timothy Noah's new book "The Great Divergence: America's Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It" and Milton and Rose Director ...
With Ron Paul Suspending Campaigning, I Move to Gary Johnson
15 May 2012, 11:54 am
COMMENTARY | As a young man in my late 20s from the conservative stronghold of Midland, Texas, I liked Ron Paul. He was a fiscal conservative and a social liberal, his libertarian leanings underscored by his 1988 run for the White House as a member of that political denomination.
The Rawlsitarian Paradox
10 May 2012, 8:19 am
John Tomasi does not in Free Market Fairness call himself a bleeding-heart libertarian, but his excellent book offers the best defense of that position.
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How to get economy growing fast - CNN
26 May 2012, 2:23 pm
Miron is the author of "
libertarianism, from A to Z." Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN)-- In a recent discussion of what his administration might accomplish, Mitt Romney claimed that "by virtue of the policies that we put in place, we'd get the ...
libertarianism and Abortion - Lewrockwell.com
26 May 2012, 10:27 am
I previously pointed out that a pro-abortion libertarian said, in response to my article, "Should Libertarians Be Conservatives?," that a libertarian is really a fascist SOB if he is pro-life. I was also recently told by another pro-abortion libertarian ...
Today's anarchists are just brats in black - Los Angeles Times
22 May 2012, 8:54 pm
In many ways, a genuine anarchist simply takes Ron Paul
libertarianism to its logical extreme: Big central government should not just be limited, it should be eliminated -- as should big corporations and church hierarchies. According to the ...
The Philosophical Theology of Jonathan Edwards Pt 3 - Examiner
21 May 2012, 11:26 pm
Other than the biblical doctrine of God’s absolute sovereignty constituting the theological reason for Edwards’ doctrine of determinism, he also argued that metaphysical
libertarianism was philosophically incoherent. Edwards’ primary three ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: May 18 - The Oakland Press
17 May 2012, 3:52 pm
James Lewis, chairman of the Michigan Libertarian Party, makes no argument for
libertarianism with his comment in your May 11 article, "Obama's gay marriage statement" when he says Libertarians are "all about equality in marriage." Whether he ...
What Does Ron Paul Have Against Gary Johnson? - Daily Beast
15 May 2012, 2:21 pm
Johnson is far more rooted in modern
libertarianism than Paul, who is many ways a candidate of what his biographer, Brian Doherty, calls the “Old Right.” While Johnson is pro gay marriage and pro-drug reform, Paul is still wedded to ...
libertarianism vs. the Totalizing State… - patheos.com
14 May 2012, 12:21 pm
…is Bambi vs. Godzilla, according to the redoubtable Mike Flynn, who offers a fine little essay on the long-term prospects of the State really achieving the goal of micro-managing your toilet and dominating your light bulb choices and coping with flash ...