Prohibition was a grand failure at resisting evil. It called so much attention to alcoholic beverages and engendered so much rebellion against legal constraints that when it was repealed, far more alcohol was being consumed than before prohibition went into effect. Now we are repeating the same folly by our "war" on narcotics, which simply makes it the "forbidden fruit," drives up the market price, turns it into a business far more lucrative than any alternative form of employment, leads to the recruitment of children as sellers, lookouts, and deliverers, prompts gang wars over turf and mindless murders and robberies to obtain cash to buy the coveted drugs.
--Walter Wink
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
November 6, 2020 Libertarian Reformers vs. the Non-Aggression Principle
The core principle of libertarianism is the non-aggression principle. It holds that it is illegitimate to initiate force against other people or to support the initiation of force against other people. A question naturally arises: Why do some libertarians favor welfare-warfare state reform measures, given that such reform measures involve the initiation of force against others? Vouchers Consider the school voucher ...
Where Do We Go from Here?
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Regardless of whether it is Donald Trump or Joe Biden who is ultimately elected President, the question ...
Lockdowns as a Political Tragedy of the Commons
by Richard M. Ebeling
Several of the leading European countries are now in the process of implementing a second wave of social and economic lockdowns in the face ...
Libertarianism and Boycotts
by Wendy McElroy
“There oughta be a law” has become the default position for those seeking social change, and mainstream libertarianism is beginning to forget effective non-legal, ...
Six Social Security Scams
by Laurence M. Vance
An article titled “Six Scams that Prey on the Elderly” that appeared on Kiplinger.com last year has recently been reposted ...
COVID-19 and Liberty
by Christine Smith
If there's one thing we've learned about the public's understanding and practice of liberty from the pandemic, it's that some when pushed to the ...
