Tag Archives: Free Market

It’s the Free Market… Really

Posted on January 31, 2012 by David Deerson

Every first Saturday of the month in Carroboro, North Carolina (Chapel Hill’s hipster outgrowth), an event called “Really Really Free Market” takes place.  Essentially, it is a flea market where everything is free.  People congregate to give away used retail … Continue reading →

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Cavemen Sue Over the Use of Fire, or, Why Intellectual Property Rights and Anti-Piracy Laws Are Silly

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Guest

The following is a guest submission by Kieran Conrad, a student of Middlebury College. The movie and music industries’ heavy lobbying, seen through the recently failed Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA), demonstrates their outmoded value in today’s market. With the … Continue reading →

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The Power of Parallel Institutions

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jose Nino

With the state growing larger and larger by the day, the conventional methods of combating this problem such as political campaigning, protests, and petitioning for redress of grievances have not proven to be very effective. Fortunately, with cutting edge technology … Continue reading →

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Only the Free Market Can Make Education Truly “Public”

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Jose Nino

A recent cheating scandal in the Atlanta Public School (APS) system reveals the typical characteristics of government schooling– institutional graft, inefficiency, and unaccountability. This widespread cheating scandal was initially reported on by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution over two years ago and … Continue reading →

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Back to the Land: Book Review

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Alexander McCobin

Dr. C.J. Maloney has recently published his first book, Back to the Land.  Maloney has been generous enough to donate his time to speak at SFL events over the years and was generous enough to give me a chance to … Continue reading →

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Liberty Social Scene

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Clark Ruper

1.) Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World – Tuesday, August 4 / 12:00noon Hosted by the Cato Institute at 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.  Featuring the author Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University; … Continue reading →

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