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ConstitutionGovernmentPolitics
The Political Paternalists Take Aim at Milton Friedman
by Richard Ebeling June 24, 2021Being branded by identity politics warriors and systemic racism theorists as a “racist” or a “sexist” is a sure-fire way to have the cancel culture crusaders declare you beyond the pale.
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Rural activists say they are tired of being ignored, and outvoted, by people in the large cities who are isolated from the interests of rural communities, both geographically and culturally.
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ConstitutionEducationGovernmentPolitics
Critical Race Theory, a Tool for Political Power
by Nancy Thorner April 26, 2021Recognizing that “neo-Marxism” would be hard to sell, critical race theorists chose to use Equity, because it sounds non-threatening and is easily confused with the American principle of equality.
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ConstitutionEconomicsGovernmentLibertyPolitics
Don’t Confuse Free Markets with the Interventionist State
by Richard Ebeling December 2, 2020The important task for those who value personal freedom, economic liberty and the free market economy is to disabuse our fellow citizens from thinking that what we have is a fully capitalist system
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsFeaturedLibertyPodcastTaxes
In The Tank (ep113) – Zombie Awareness Month, Free Speech Survey, Local Income Taxes
by Donald Kendal November 3, 2017John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #113 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Cato Institute, the Illinois Policy Institute, the Washington Policy Center and the Reason Foundation.
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Critics of libertarians seem to worry most about our full-throated endorsement of and enthusiasm for the proven benefits of unhindered free-market competition. They believe that we are cynically defending a corrupt system of power and privilege, carrying water for capitalism’s exploiter class. There is, they argue, a need for governments, ostensibly pledged to “the greater good,” to intervene to counteract some of the perceived undesirable side effects of the free market system, which they say moves society toward inequitable accumulations of wealth in the hands of a few.
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Separating reality from ideology and political agendas is difficult, but essential, if we are to revitalize our economy and help the world’s poorest families take their rightful places among Earth’s prosperous people. Energy reality is certainly in our favor. But ideological forces are powerful and persistent.
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FeaturedInternet/Telecom
Can “Bright Line” FCC Title II Discrimination Bans Be Just and Reasonable?
by Scott Cleland February 12, 2016Net neutrality absolutists are overreaching yet again in their push for a practical FCC ban of ISP zero rating offers under the FCC’s case-by-case “General Conduct Standard” review, by claiming violations of the “bright-line rules” in the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order against blocking, throttling and paid prioritization.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Jessica Sena: Let’s Not “Keep it in the Ground”
by Isaac Orr February 4, 2016Independent Communications Consultant Jessica Sena and research fellow Isaac Orr give the The Heartland Daily Podcast listeners the information they need to debunk advocates of this policy, which is impossible to accomplish from a practical standpoint, and incredibly expensive. “Keeping it in the Ground” will lead to higher prices for low income families in the developed world, and premature death in developing nations.
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What If Obama Believed in Individual Liberty and Free Markets?
by Richard Ebeling January 26, 2016President Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union address on January 12, 2016, and devoted most of the time to defending his “legacy” of bigger and more intrusive government, with an emphasis on the other aspects of personal and social life he wished could come under the blanket of more political paternalism, if only there was enough time before he leaves office on January 20, 2017.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Berin Szoka: Government’s Fight Against Zero-Rating and Consumer Choice
by Jesse Hathaway January 13, 2016In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, managing editor Jesse Hathaway talks with Berin Szoka, president of TechFreedom, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting the progress of technology that improves the human condition, about how regulators both at home and abroad are using the power of the state to combat zero-rating, a kind of sponsored-data plan where access to popular web applications like Facebook or streaming video services is made available to consumer at no cost.
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Individualism Is Battling The Politically Managed Mind In The 21st Century
by Richard Ebeling January 12, 2016Wherever we turn we are confronted with politicians, political pundits, television talking heads, and editorial page commentators, all of whom offer an array of plans, programs, and projects that will solve the problems of the world – if only government is given the power and authority to remake society in the design proposed.