From the interview: "The state and the market are incompatible institutions. One exists only to the detriment of the other. That is why there will always be a struggle between power and liberty, and may liberty be the victor in the end."
The 2000 election may be a turning point in the unraveling of our overmighty rulers. In the meantime, it's good clean fun for those watching from the sidelines.
Consider an essay by social theorist Alan Wolfe, in which purports to analyze America's excessively consumerist capitalist society.
Back in Print: A book by Murray N. Rothbard that shaped a generation of intellectuals and laid the groundwork for a revolt against centralized social and economic management.
Benjamin Tucker wrote that "Power feeds on its spoils, and dies when its victims refuse to be despoiled."
New anti-gun book reveals the class hatred felt by intellectuals for a broad section of the American people, says Joseph Stromberg.
On the Internet, a war between government-backed trademark holders and small web entrepreneurs is heating up. Thanks to the current managers of the Internet and a little-known agency of the United Nations, the trademark holders are winning.
Fifty years ago, the court broke the movie industry into two parts. The result was disastrous for consumers.
It's trendy to decry competition as socially destructive. The reverse is true, argues Tibor Machan.
For two years, the White House has been haranguing owners of large websites, telling them not to violate their visitors' supposed right to privacy. Now, just on the face of it, this is absurd. The proper way to think about websites is as private property. When you go to a website, you are a visitor on someone else's property; the owner has the right to record what interests you. If you don't like it, you shouldn't visit. It's that simple.
