by Dan Mitchell | May 12, 2018 | Blogs
Why are there so few liberty-oriented societies compared to the number of places with statist governments? And why does it seem like the size and scope of government keeps expanding around the world? If I’m feeling optimistic, I’ll disagree with the tone of those...
by Dan Mitchell | May 19, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve shared a number of online tests that allow users to see where they fit on the political spectrum. The Definitive Political Orientation test. The Circle test. The Libertarian Purity test. The 8 Values test. But if you don’t like taking quizzes, you can simply scan...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 4, 2016 | Blogs
I wrote a couple of days ago about a global ranking showing which nations enjoy the most personal and economic freedom. Surprisingly, European nations dominated the top 20, which suggests (given the depressing amount of statism in Europe) that libertarians have a lot...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 2, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Libertarians are sometimes described as people who don’t want the government to interfere in either the bedroom or boardroom, which is a shorthand way of saying that there should be both personal freedom and economic freedom. Based on this preference for liberty and a...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
What’s the difference between libertarians and conservatives? I’ve touched on that issue before, citing some interesting research which suggests that the underlying difference involves cultural factors such as attitudes about authority. But let’s narrow the question...
