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Take me to your leader
Source: Reason
Author: Sam MacDonald
Country: United States

An annual gathering of hippies has fun taunting the National Forest Service while demonstrating the principle of spontaneous order. (01/29/01)

The prospects for liberty
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Country: United States

"The intellectual and political movement that can speak the language of the American middle class -- and increasingly it is a radical language that loves the free economy and the prosperity that comes with it, and tolerates no more government interference in family, community, or business -- that movement is the one that will own the future." (02/01)

Mises on the vengeful state
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Joseph R. Stromberg
Country: United States

"It was the achievement of Ludwig von Mises to recreate in his time the radical program of early liberalism... A state pursuing vegeance, he believed, threatens liberty itself." (04/19/02)

As values collapse, government grows
Source: Mackinac Center
Author: Lawrence W. Reed
Country: United States

"As increasing numbers of Americans demonstrate a lack of such values as honesty and personal responsibility, government passes more laws aimed at restraining citizens’ behavior." (11/10/00)

Libertarian litmus test: are you libertarian?
Source: Rasmussen Research
Country: United States

Using the World's Smallest Political Quiz as its basis, Rasmussen found that 16 percent of American voters are libertarians, though only two percent identified themselves as such. (9/7/00)

To thine own self be true: the story of Raymond Cyrus Hoiles and his Freedom Newspapers
Source: The Voluntaryist
Author: Carl Watner
Country: United States

Profile of "one of the unsung heroes of the 20th-century libertarian movement." Hoiles founded Freedom Communications, Inc., which owns a number of newspapers, including the overtly libertarian Orange County (Calif.) Register.

Gauthier and libertarianism
Source: Against Politics
Author: Jan Narveson
Country: United States

"In 1974 David Gauthier organized a Workshop on Contractarian Theory in Toronto, which I had the good fortune to attend. From that stemmed one of the relatively few cases I know of in which a philosopher actually was moved to change his mind on a major question as the result of an argument." (08/02)

Cost of government day 2003 report
Source: ATR
Author: Daniel M Clifton
Country: United States

Full analysis of the Cost of Government Day 2003, which is 4.5 days later than in 2002. Today, "the cost of government consumes nearly 53 percent of national income." (PDF file) (7/03)

Recommendations to strengthen civil society and balance Michigan's budget
Source: Mackinac center
Author: Michael LaFaive
State: MI, Country: United States

An analysis of fiscal-year 2002-2003 appropriations and recommendations for 2003-2004. (PDF file) (3/4/03)

Libertarians, smoking, and insanity: How ideology affects ideas about freedom and health
Source: HealthFactsAndFears.com
Author: Todd Seavey
Country: United States

Seavey looks at the dangerous libertarian attitudes toward smoking and mental illness -- and the philosophical errors (of Szasz, Schaler, and others) that led to them. (08/02)

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