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Borders and their Enemies
The program of liberalism, therefore, if condensed into a single word, would have to read: property, that is, private ownership of the means of production… All the other demands of liberalism result...
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The Levellers, falsely so called 2.0 part 1
Some weeks ago I gave a speech to Libertarian Home on a subject of great interest to me, the Leveller movement from the time of the English Civil Wars and Revolution. For those who attended and for...
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The Leveller concept of individual sovereignty – Overton and Lilburne contrasted
(Part II of a series of posts on the Levellers. Part I can be found here and a speech I gave on the subject can be found here) From the outbreak of the Civil War, the old constitution of England,...
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Financial Inequality, the Minimum Wage, and the Cost of Living
Allegedly, and possibly correctly, there is a growing gap between the financial means — loosely called “the wealth” — of “the rich” and of “the rest of us,” or, in OWS- or Occupy-Speak, “the 99%.” And...
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Anarchy and the Underpants Gnomes
I have made a number of comments on the thread of fellow writer Rocco’s post “Too Unlimited; Adventures in Constitutional Scepticism”, which, in the bloody ongoing feud between anarchists and...
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Libertarian policies by measurement ommission
Simon, you are using the words ” measurement omission” in a headline. You had better explain. Ayn Rand made several important philosophical contributions. One of those was the epistemological idea that...
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I should be so lucky?
Because I am anything but “perfectly comfortable with arguments that differences in endowments (basically upbringing and inborn talent),” – or what we might call luck – “mean that there is a case for...
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Fear of Immigration is Socialism’s fault
Something set Andy Bolton off on an epic Twitter rant: The persistence of the 'all our problems are due to immigration' meme has blighted our society for generations. EDL/BNP/BF/UKIP are not new. —...
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The parable of the lures and fishes
Strolling along the riverside one summer’s day, I happened upon a fisherman looking mighty pleased with himself. “I’m fixed up now, I am,” he announced. “Oh? How’s that?” I said. “Well, I’ve got one of...
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Against “libertarian” moralism
There are those who say they only want free markets if they make the world better and poor people rich. On the face of it, this is bizarre: an unhampered market must lead to both, it can do no other....
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Huzzah for the voluntary sector!
Hurrah, civil society is not dead! It warms one’s heart to know that there is still a great deal of compassion and get up and go amongst the British public. Just over six years ago an economic...
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One less brick in the wall
Researchers in the field of Human Biodiversity inform us that Asian babies will remain placid when a cloth is placed over their faces, but European babies will not. Perhaps this explains why...
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Ayn Rand on Individual Rights
In response to statements referring to rights being based on “magic” or having something to do with faith – this article will try to explain how exactly rights come into fruition. In Ayn Rand’s book,...
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What society does this (does he –) aim at?
It is the time-honoured tradition to divide libertarians into two more or less broad camps: one that believes in ‘natural rights’ and one that believes in ‘utils’. But which is better? There’s only one...
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Speech precedes politics
There seems to be a belief that society should get together and create a body that decides what is good speech and what is bad speech. Recent noteworthy examples are Leveson, the gagging law and Mehdi...
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Government: a public good and a problem
Are there goods that only government can produce? The belief that there are is what distinguishes the classical liberal from the market anarchist. The textbook definition of a public good is one that...
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The virtuosity of individualism
Conventional wisdom dictates that individualism is a destructive force which has enraptured and degraded our society. According to leftist orthodoxy it manifested itself in our culture with Thatcherism...
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How to get eaten by bears
In the well-known story, Goldilocks, lost in the woods, happens upon a house. Opening the door she finds three bowls of porridge on the dining table, and, being awfully hungry, sits down to eat. The...
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Decisions, decisions…
A reader asks: “What is a stateless society and how are decisions made in this type of society?” As the asking was done anonymously via the search bar, I don’t know if what follows will be...
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Sexual Apartheid In Football
The following is the transcript of an interview I managed to obtain with one of the leading figures in the world of football. For some reason the mainstream media has neglected to publish it. KF:...
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