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 [September 1979]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
April 26, 2023
No Compassion on U.S. Aid to Ukraine
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 ...
My Trip to Cuba by Jacob G. Hornberger
FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger talks about his visit to Cuba and what effect an authoritarian state has on a people.
The Roots of American Dysfunctionality, Part 2
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The United States once had the finest health-care system in history. When I was growing up in the 1950s — before Medicare and...
