FFF Daily - May 4, 2020

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MONDAY, MAY 4, 2020

It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense.…They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in society. Let them look well after their own expense, and they may safely trust private people with theirs.

– Adam Smith,
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations [1776]

HORNBERGER'S BLOG

May 4, 2020
It Ain't Freedom
Imagine life in 1850 America. Even though many people support slavery, there are a some people who are deeply concerned about it and opposed to it. They know that slavery is morally wrong and that the plight of the slaves is horrible. So, a group of people get together and begin advocating for slavery reform. Their aim? To get legislation ...

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EXPLORE FREEDOM

SOCIALISM

Should Social Security Benefits Be Means-Tested?
by Laurence M. Vance
The Future of Freedom Foundation

MONETARY POLICY

The Federal Reserve: More Lethal than Coronavirus
by Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institute

THE FREE SOCIETY

What Happened to the Land of the Free?
by David S. D’Amato
AIER

Past Crises Have Ratcheted Up Leviathan. The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Too.
by Robert Higgs
and Donald J. Boudreaux
Reason

Dear Crisis Experts, You Are the Crisis
by John Tamny
Real Clear Markets

FOREIGN POLICY

50 Years Of Unhinged, Televised Presidential Warmongering
by James Bovard
Libertarian Institute

Kissing The Carter Doctrine Goodbye (Shouldn’t Be This Hard)
by Andrew J. Bacevich
American Conservative

U.S. MILITARY

The US Military’s Plans to Cement Its Network of African Bases
by Nick Turse
Mail & Guardian

CIVIL LIBERTIES

Kent State and the War That Never Ended
by Jill Lepore
New Yorker

GUN CONTROL

Using the COVID-19 Pandemic to Justify a Gun Ban
by John R. Lott, Jr.
Washington Times

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EVENTS

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