Anti-Libertarian Arguments
Fraser DeltaAddressing anti-libertarian arguments.Photo courtesy of ecstaticist I would like to present the most popular arguments against libertarianism and show how my interpretation of geolibertarianism addresses them. The Paternalism Argument: People need to be protected from their own stupidity. A good example of this is the FDA. Most Americans seem to think that the FDA [...]
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Causes of Inflation
Zimbabwe Inflation Rate What could cause this hyperinflation? Photo courtesy of Gregor Rohrig With the recent government bailouts, there is reason to be concerned about inflation in the near term. Inflation is not usually a big concern because most of the time it is small enough to ignore. Even when inflation does get high, interest [...]
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What is the Stock Market?
Wall Street The aspects that nobody talks about. Photo courtesy of Helico Stocks are an extremely popular form of investment nowadays because they are easy to get into and they provide better average returns than safer investments like savings accounts and CDs. But where did stocks come from in the first place? Imagine you are [...]
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Ownership and Georgism
Land’s End A philosophical introduction to Georgism. Photo courtesy of The Brit_2 Ownership is the relationship between an entity (usually a person) and an object (either tangible or abstract) in which the entity has complete control of the object including control of its ownership status e.g. the ability to transfer ownership to others. Complete control [...]
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The Consequences of Free Software
Petronas Towers Is free software as good as it sounds? Photo courtesy of prasan.naik I used to be an open source software developer. I thought that free software would be a great benefit to everyone. But after studying economics for a few years, I realized that the long-term effects might be the opposite of what [...]
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Natural Resource Tax
Alaskan Oil Pipeline Is it right to distribute oil profits communally? Photo courtesy of rickz I think privatizing resources makes a lot of sense in most cases. It is much easier to settle disputes over who gets to build a house on a piece of land if only one person owns it, for just one [...]
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