by Dan Mitchell | Nov 20, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
After a libertarian candidate took first place in Argentina’s presidential primary back in August, I wrote that the runoff would be the most important election of 2023 (even more important than the fortunately failed referendum to...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 18, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, States
When I’ve written about Freedom in the 50 States (as I did in 2016, 2019, and 2022), it seems that Florida and New Hampshire routinely get the best scores. Well, the same is true for the latest edition. As you can see from this map, New...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 21, 2023 | Blogs, Uncategorized
There was a political earthquake in Argentina when a hard-core libertarian got the most votes in the August nationwide presidential primary. Now everyone is paying close attention to Sunday’s general election. Will voters choose Javier Milei in hopes of...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 2, 2023 | Blogs, Crime, Society
Libertarianism is not just about freedom. It’s also about personal responsibility. For instance, you should have the freedom to consume drugs, but it’s not society’s responsibility to subsidize you if you become unemployable.You also should have the freedom...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
I’m not a fan of so-called national conservatism, largely because many proponents of this Trump-like approach want a bigger burden of government. In some cases, they want new programs to increase Washington’s power over the economy (such...
