For NCFCA LD students researching the topic Resolved: In the realm of economics, freedom ought to be valued above equity, economist Don Boudreaux explains why an introduction to the “realm of economics” in undergraduate...
Where might you look in the 1920s to 1950s for an intellectual atmosphere vibrant with discussions of classical liberal ideals, defending freedom and democracy and a strong civil society? Consider the country where a leading...
In a Wired series on how to “save the net,” Bruce Schneier argues the best reform for the NSA is a full break up. Founded over 60 years ago, it may be time to...
Liberalism was long a word for a family of perspectives and policies thought central to advancing societies of free and responsible people. Firms, churches, clubs, societies, and a wide range of voluntary associations advanced...
Hard I think to find a more powerful case of injustice/lack of equity–of not treating people fairly–than the revenue model for the City of Ferguson, Missouri. Alex Tabarrok discusses the problem in his MarginalRevolution...
The McKinsey on Society website includes a number of compelling videos. For students researching and debating U.S./Middle East policy, the video below featuring Hernando de Soto on the economic roots of Arab Spring is...
Angelo M. Codevilla’s August 17th post on the Library of Law and Liberty website takes a critical look at past and present U.S. policy toward Iraq. He argues that the whole idea of a...
Inequality of income and wealth are different than inequality of legal status. Social equity requires equal access to a just rule of law. The great British, American, and French revolutions advanced western world legal...
Titled “Ageless Iraq” the short British film below presents an optimistic view of life in Iraq in the 1950s. Iraq was home to far fewer people in the 1950s, just five million compared to...
Governments want citizens to have access to education, but that doesn’t mean governments should run schools. Similarly, governments have an interest in monitoring visitors and immigrants to keep terrorists out. But that doesn’t mean...
