1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (1158+ words) I stumbled upon the esoteric word agorism in a bar when I was living in Denver back in 2014. A boisterous, loud, liberty-minded drinking group met semi-regularly there to argue about everything from Bitcoin to the drug war to whether voting…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (311+ words) Bitcoin was once hailed as a path to financial freedom, but growing surveillance, regulation, and institutional control have raised questions about whether digital currency alone can deliver genuine sovereignty. As Murray Rothbard famously articulated in his critique of Konkin, parallel…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (208+ words) Sarah Thomas surveys the recent history of mass surveillance in liberal democracies, highlighting the tension between freedom and security. On a more anodyne but still concerning level, recent months have seen the global development of airlines using surveillance pricing for…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (103+ words) In fact, they make it better! In other words, pro-growth policies are not in tension with environmental preservation. Why would that be the case? In short, the policies themselves help the environment. Preservation or growth is a false choice. The…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (816+ words) Nostalgia is a powerful emotion, but it can become a poor economic guide. By romanticizing the past, societies risk resisting the innovation, entrepreneurship, and creative destruction that make future prosperity possible. This is nostalgia economics in action. A global celebrity…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (151+ words) Kibbe on Liberty | Guest: Robert Alt Republished from Free the People. As Europe limits cash transactions and prepares for a digital euro, concerns are growing over privacy, autonomy, and financial surveillance. Occupational licensing quietly suppresses entrepreneurship. Many small businesses begin…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1713+ words) Imagine a day without the state Recently I wrote about statism and security, remarking on two incidents of horrific police abuse over in Europe that have gone viral online recently. Some people remarked that my complaints smacked of utopianism. Sure,…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago  (175+ words) This essay explores John Stuart Mill’s influential defense of unfettered free thought and discussion as necessary for discovering truth. After a police raid, Afroman fought back with music—and won in court. A sharp look at free speech, satire, and…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1378+ words) The quiet bureaucracy locking families out of the American Dream For years, I sat on both sides of the Zoning Board table. First as a land-use attorney representing property owners, then as a member of a municipal Zoning Board of…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (660+ words) The digital euro is on the way Under the guise of fighting money laundering, the EU is making anonymous economic activity progressively harder. Starting in July 2027, Europeans will no longer be allowed to pay businesses or professionals more than €10,000 in…...