Libertarianism

Are There Any Libertarian Mormons?

December 1, 2011

There’s a lot of interest these days in Mormons, with a Broadway play about Mormon missionaries, and two running for president (Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman). Most Mormons are Republican conservatives, although Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, is a social Democrat.  Whether Republican or Democrat, they usually support immigration controls, the war on drugs, nation-building [...]

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Hot New Video! ObamaCare – Live Your Carefree Lifestyle!

March 29, 2011

Dear Friends of Liberty, Be one of the first to watch this new video, ObamaCare – Live Your Carefree Lifestyle at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkH_aaaSOP0. This video is brought to you by FreedomFest, the World’s Largest Gathering of Free Minds, happening this July 13-16, 2011 at Paris/Bally’s in Las Vegas, the country’s most libertarian city. This year’s conference [...]

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Free Market Health Care Is The Answer

August 17, 2009

“Capitalism is turning luxuries into necessities.” — Andrew Carnegie Watching the shouting matches occurring at the town hall meetings across America, do you ever wonder why nobody holds town hall meetings or writes complaining letters to Congress about food and housing? After all, food and housing are even more important than medical help.  Most Americans [...]

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The Necessary Evil

August 26, 2008

Suggestion – Liberty Magazine The Necessary Evil by Mark Skousen Today libertarians spend most of their time lamenting the consequences of big government. And rightly so. Today government is less a defender of freedom and more a Hobbesian leviathan that undermines prosperity. When we do talk about limited government, it is often seen solely as [...]

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Announcing the Free Market Hall of Fame!

September 15, 2007

Dear friends of liberty, Here’s my latest idea:  The Free Market Hall of Fame is now up and running, and it’s creating a lot of debate!  We’re getting hundreds of new voters every day.  Lots of blogs are picking it up….. Vote for your favorite free-market advocate (both living and dead) by going to www.freedomfest.com/halloffame. Choose [...]

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Atlas Shrugged – 50 Years Later

March 6, 2007

Atlas Shrugged – 50 years later – At a time of rampant collectivism, Ayn Rand renewed the promise of liberty. But her ethics are dangerous. When Ayn Rand finished writing “Atlas Shrugged” 50 years ago this month, she set off an intellectual shock wave that is still felt today. It’s credited for helping to halt [...]

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Too Many Free-Market Think Tanks?

May 28, 2000

Personal Snapshots FORECASTS & STRATEGIES May 2000 by Mark Skousen “Stimulating independent thought… is being done by all too few individuals and institutions, not only in the U.K. but here in the U.S. as well.” — Milton Friedman (1981) Donating money to a few of my favorite free-market organizations used to be a pleasant duty, [...]

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Oscar Shrugged

September 5, 1999

LIBERTY – The First Galt’s Gulch Film Festival Special report from the First International Libertarian Film Festival. By Mark Skousen GALT’S GULCH, COLORADO–What better location for the first libertarian film festival than Atlas Shrugged‘s Atlantis, the hidden valley high in the Rockies to which the world’s most productive individualists repaired when they went on strike? [...]

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