Political Theory

Jeff and Bob discuss whether America has its own oligarchs instead of what Hoppe terms "natural elites."

Russian oligarchs, American pols, and state-connected billionaires are all cut from the same cloth: they didn't earn, or fully earn, their wealth and position in society. We must withdraw our sanction of these people.

Decade after decade, he fought militarism, protectionism, inflationism, every variety of socialism, and every policy of the interventionist state, writes Ralph Raico.

It has been more than fifty years since Egyptian strongman Gamal Abdel Nasser died, but his unfortunate legacy of imposing socialism on Egypt still harms the nation and its economy.

Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss whether Lindsey Graham is the worst member of the US Senate.

In many ways, the liberal democracy that had its roots in nineteenth-century liberalism seems to have run its course. Can we revive it, or does something more authoritarian take its place?

Murray Rothbard, writing in 1971, blasted both the Nixon administration and the erstwhile "free-market" conservatives, basking in the seats of power, who betrayed whatever principles they may have had for the service of the state.

It has been more than fifty years since Egyptian strongman Gamal Abdel Nasser died, but his unfortunate legacy of imposing socialism on Egypt still harms the nation and its economy.

In many ways, the liberal democracy that had its roots in nineteenth-century liberalism seems to have run its course. Can we revive it, or does something more authoritarian take its place?

The likely election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the next president of the Philippines might create nostalgia for the martial law his father declared as president. Martial law, however, holds no promise for a thriving economy.