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** WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023
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To maintain peace throughout the world, the grounds for conflict should be reduced as much as possible. The first step in this direction must be to respect and protect private property throughout the world. The ideal would also include complete freedom of trade and freedom of movement. Political boundaries would no longer be determined under threat of military conquest or aggressive economic nationalism, but rather by legal plebiscite, i.e., by vote of the individuals concerned. In such a world, the national sovereignty under which one lived or worked would be relatively immaterial.
– Bettina Bien Greaves, The Freeman ([link removed]) [September 1979]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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April 26, 2023
No Compassion on U.S. Aid to Ukraine ([link removed])
Last week I wrote an article entitled “How Can Force Entail Compassion?” which focused on America’s welfare-state programs. I pointed out that, contrary to popular opinion, such programs do not reflect any goodness within the American people. That’s because they are founded on the force of taxation, which is enforced by the Internal Revenue Service, one of the most tyrannical agencies ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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FREE SPEECH
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Future of Freedom Foundation
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The Great Antidote
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The Free-Market Case Needs More Than Just Morality ([link removed])
by Iain Murray
National Review
REGULATION
Biden’s Mortgage ‘Equity’ Will Screw Up the Homebuying Market ([link removed])
by James Bovard
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THE FREE SOCIETY
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by Andrew Lowenthal
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What Strong Gold Says about the Weak Dollar ([link removed])
by Ruchir Sharma
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SOCIALISM
Biden Is Making You Subsidize Mortgages for Deadbeats ([link removed])
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Washington Examiner
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Eliminating Property Rights Destroys Social Order ([link removed])
by Barry Brownstein
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