In a truly free society, the presidency would not be the most visible high-status position our society offers. That designation would be reserved for a variety of private-sector roles. Unfortunately, however, the presidency does have that status today, and Obama’s election must be appreciated from that perspective.
Ludwig von Mises
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Humility or Hubris
In a truly free society, the presidency would not be the most visible high-status position our society offers. That designation would be reserved for a variety of private-sector roles. Unfortunately, however, the presidency does have that status today, and Obama’s election must be appreciated from that perspective.
FEE Announces 2008 Eugene S. Thorpe Award Winner: Gennady Stolyarov II
The Foundation for Economic Education is pleased to announce that Gennady Stolyarov II of Hillsdale, Michigan, is the recipient of the first Eugene S. Thorpe Award. His winning essay, “Globalization: Extending the Market and Human Well-Being,” earned him a prize of $2,000 and will be published in a future issue of The Freeman.
Mr. Stolyarov is [...]
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The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it!The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose! The law become the weapon of every kind of greed! Instead of checking crime, the law itself guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish!
If this is true, it is a serious fact, and moral duty requires me to call the attention of my fellow-citizens to it.
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