No one has a right to food, water, shelter, money, or love if he must obtain it at the expense of the owner. Medical care is no more a right than these. Man rightfully obtains goods and services by producing them from nature or by voluntary exchange with others. Man may exchange goods, services, and emotional values, but he must trade to obtain them. Otherwise he is a thief acting against human existence.
March 19, 2020 New York Times Obtuseness on China
In an editorial entitled “China’s Ill-Timed Attack on the Free Press,” the New York Times berates the Chinese government for expelling journalists who work for the Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post and for also demanding detailed information from the Voice of America and Time magazine about their operations in China. China’s action comes in retaliation for the ...
Libertarianism and the Coronavirus
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
What is the libertarian solution to the coronavirus crisis? Why, libertarianism of course! Join FFF president Jacob ...
The Money-Printing Gods Have Failed
by David Stockman
Hooray! Finally even the robo-machines and day traders are puking, not BTFDing. Today’s 3,000 Dow Point Dump says even they have had enough of the ...
Tradition and Why the Russians are Who They Are
by Richard M. Ebeling
It is often said to be misplaced and inappropriate to use stereotypes when talking about people or entire nations. To do so is unfair ...
Closing Time
by Laurence M. Vance
The Democratic National Convention — where delegates of the Democratic Party choose their party’s nominees for president and vice president — will be held ...
