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- The Tao of Liberty
They Painted Freedom from the Trunks of Cars
Shut out of Florida’s segregated galleries, the Highwaymen took their paintings to the road—building an art economy through ingenuity, voluntary exchange, and sheer adaptability.
by Diamond-Michael Scott • Sep 11
8 mins Read
- Big Government
Our Enemy, the State Taught Me to Stop Confusing Government with Society
Albert Jay Nock drew a sharp line between government and society. His challenge remains powerful—but self-government requires subjecting Nock’s own ideas to scrutiny too.
by Diamond-Michael Scott • Sep 11
5 mins Read
- Economic Liberty
Do California’s Tire Efficiency Mandates Actually Save Drivers Money?
California says more efficient tires can save drivers money. But a good deal doesn't need a mandate—and regulators can't know which trade-offs matter to every driver.
by Ninos P. Malek • Sep 11
6 mins Read
- Alternative Solutions
Morning in AnCapville
In AnCapville, roads, schools, security, arbitration, and even neighborhood rules emerge through voluntary agreements rather than political monopoly. Alex Kane’s ordinary day offers a glimpse of what that world might look like.
by Adam Haman • Sep 8
7 mins Read
- Alternative Solutions
How AnCapville Works: Order Without Government
AnCapville has no monopoly government, but it isn’t without rules or order. Here’s how private law, market incentives, restitution, and freedom of choice could make it work.
by Adam Haman • Sep 8
9 mins Read
- Economics
Inequality Is Not the Problem
A shrinking middle class sounds alarming—until you see where many families went. Rising prosperity complicates the familiar story about wealth inequality.
by Lipton Matthews • Sep 8
10 mins Read
- The Freedom Scale
Panarchy: A Libertarian Alternative to One-Size-Fits-All Government
What if choosing a government worked more like choosing any other service? Panarchy challenges the assumption that everyone in the same place must live under the same political system.
by Christopher Cook • Sep 2
10 mins Read
- Culture
You Don’t Expect People to Attack You on the Bus
Every day, we place remarkable trust in people we don’t know. That simple expectation of peaceful behavior is one of the hidden foundations of a functioning society.
by Jimmy Alfonso Licon • Sep 2
6 mins Read
- Artificial Intelligence
Don’t Tax AI for Jobs It Hasn’t Taken
AI may replace some human labor, complement other workers, and create entirely new opportunities. Taxing its computing power now bets on one uncertain future before we know how the labor market will actually adapt.
by Max Gulker • Sep 2
7 mins Read
- Exit
Why I Had to Leave: I Was Done Asking Permission
David Jäkle wanted out of Germany, but every conventional path seemed to require someone else’s approval. Eventually, he realized that building a freer life meant finding his own way out.
by David Jäkle • Aug 31
6 mins Read
- Underthrow Series
Argentina Tried Democratic Socialism. Then Came the Chainsaw.
After years of inflation, deficits, and economic stagnation, Argentina chose a radically different course. Javier Milei’s chainsaw reforms are putting free-market ideas to a real-world test.
by Max Borders • Aug 31
8 mins Read
- Innovation
America Can’t Revive Manufacturing by Shunning Robots
Bringing manufacturing back to America won’t mean recreating the factories of the past. A competitive industrial future will depend on robots, automation, and workers becoming more productive alongside them.
by Iain Murray • Aug 31
8 mins Read
- The Tao of Liberty
Is Today’s Four-Year Degree a Racket?
For generations, college was treated as the surest path to a good life. But as costs rise and alternatives multiply, the four-year degree is beginning to look less like a necessity and more like one choice among many.
by Diamond-Michael Scott • Aug 26
9 mins Read
- Socialism
10 DSA Arguments for Socialism and Why They Fail
The DSA promises affordable housing, universal health care, higher wages, and greater economic security. But good intentions cannot eliminate scarcity, incentives, or unintended consequences.
by Alex Nowrasteh • Aug 26
16 mins Read
- Free Markets
I Bought Beans at the Government Store
Atlanta spent millions helping a private grocer open downtown. New York is proposing something very different: taxpayer-funded government-owned grocery stores.
by Ryan Devine • Aug 26
6 mins Read
- Privacy
Your Phone Data Can Become Part of a Kill Chain
Your location, contacts, habits, and digital activity can reveal a detailed pattern of your life. Intelligence agencies have learned to turn those patterns into targeting information, and the same surveillance logic is increasingly finding its way home.
by Sterlin Lujan • Aug 24
11 mins Read
- Economic Liberty
Who Gets to Decide Who Can Work?
When Missouri required two experienced hair braiders to complete 1,500 hours of largely irrelevant cosmetology training, it raised a larger question: Why should peaceful work require government permission?
by Marc Friedman • Aug 24
5 mins Read
- Corruption
The Olympics Are Even More Corrupt Than You Think
Rio spent $13.1 billion hosting the 2016 Olympics. A decade later, corruption, costly white elephants, and displaced families reveal the darker economics behind the Games.
by Jeffery L. Degner • Aug 24
6 mins Read
- The Freedom Scale
Why Do We Assume Everyone Has to Live Under One System?
We are often told that people can coexist only under one shared system. But religion, education, currencies, legal systems, and even languages show that pluralism can work without uniformity.
by Christopher Cook • Aug 20
14 mins Read
- Self-Government
AI Should Answer to You, Not the State
AI can put extraordinary capabilities in the hands of ordinary people. But as governments and corporations determine what these systems may say and do, the struggle over AI is increasingly becoming a struggle over individual control.
by Diamond-Michael Scott • Aug 20
4 mins Read