By Steven Horwitz • Posted February 11, 2010 on The Freeman In the last couple of decades, one of the most popular political slogans on the left, especially among feminists, has been: “The personal is the political.” For feminists the phrase is invoked to point out that the personal choices women make — for example, [...]
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The Personal Is the Political: Who makes the tradeoffs?
Also posted in Battle for Liberty, Individual Liberty, Socialism Tagged Audi, Enviro Politics, F. A. Hayek, FEE, Green Police, Propaganda, St. Lawrence University, Steve Horwitz, The Freeman, The Road to Serfdom 1 Comment
Climategate — the Real War on Science?
by Marlo Lewis November 25, 2009 @ 3:03 pm published at OpenMarket.Org The huge pile of emails purloined or leaked from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) last week does indeed “give every appearance of testifying to concerted and coordinated efforts by leading climatologists to fit the data to their conclusions while attempting to silence and [...]
Even Obama’s Make-Believe Jobs Are Not Real
In general, I am a hopeful and optimistic person when it comes to everyday life, relationships and life’s trials. However, I have become very skeptical and cynical when it comes to politics and political leaders (of all stripes). Since George W. Bush “suspended his free-market principles” to save the free-market economy by launching the huge [...]
Also posted in Economics 101, Free Markets Tagged Budget, Cato, Dan Mitchell, Economic Stimulus, Jobs Saves, Obama, The Washington Examiner 1 Comment
The Individual Over The Collective…A Historic Celebration
Posted by Peter Boettke on November 08, 2009 at 09:25 AM at The Austrian Economist November 9th 1989 — forgive me if I still get choked up about it 20 years later — is a critical date in modern history whose significance should never be forgotten. Those of us who believe strongly in the freedom [...]
Also posted in Battle for Liberty Tagged Collectivism, Freedom, Peter Boettke, Richad Ebeling, The Austrian Economist, The Fall of the Berlin Wall Leave a comment
Extreme Environmentalism And Cap-And-Trade Legislation: A Response
One of the greatest threats to freedom and prosperity in America is climate change legislation. Federal and state governments are focused on passing legislation to reduce greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, emitted through the combustion of fossil fuels. This legislation is known to have profound effects on the livelihood and economic well-being of Americans. It [...]
