Written by Predrag Rajsic for Mises.org. The stateless market society—a peaceful social arrangement based on voluntary relations among individuals in which the state is not present—is not a popular idea. Many people believe that this society would lack the capacity to define and enforce property rights, and that this would result in chaos, tyranny of…
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3 Guiding Principles for Parents
Written by Laura Markham for Aha! Parenting. The truth is, what you say is not nearly as important as your attitude. Your child feels your warmth and love even when you don’t say a word. But what about those times when you’re not feeling all that much love? Those hot moments when you’re trying hard…
Government Will Lose the War on Piracy
Written by Jeffrey Tucker for Laissez Faire Today. It began as a skirmish. Then it was a battle. It became a war. Now it is a bloody conflict that is global in scope. Both sides have passed the point of no return. There is no question who is winning and going to win totally in…
Unschooling: You’ll See it When you Believe It
Written by Sandra Dodd, as published at The Natural Child Project. Following years of sporadic reports by people who claimed they had tried unschooling but it hadn’t worked for them, I started tracking their similarities and, as usual, I learned something new. And, as usual, I thought I should share it so others might not…
Agorism and Nazism: A Study in Polar Opposites
Written by Neil M. Tokar, as published at the Center for a Stateless Society. Perhaps one of the most impressive examples of the counter-economics idea in action is that of what businesspeople did in order to evade the price control laws of Nazi Germany. It also gives me the opportunity to bring to light an…
Nurturing Children’s Natural Love of Learning
Written by Jan Hunt for The Natural Child Project. Nurturing a child’s love for learning begins with trust. As unschoolers, we trust our children to know when they are ready to learn and what they are interested in learning. We trust them to know how to go about learning. Parents commonly take this view of…
Be The Person You Want Your Child To Become
Written by Darci Walker for Core Parenting. Remember in kindergarten when we learned the golden rule? Treat others as you would want them to treat you. Remember last week when you heard that parent say to their child, “If you want them to share with you, you might try sharing with them”? Now, remember that…
Men Act, States Don’t
Written by Chris Bassil for Duke’s The Chronicle. There is a tendency, in contemporary political and economic discourse, to reduce conversations to the level of the aggregate. Thus, we speak in terms of “labor” seeking goals, “nations” taking action and “society” handing the president a mandate. Such a way of looking at the world, as convenient…
Marriage: Rendering Unto Caesar That Which Is God’s
Written by Connor Boyack for his personal blog. Because of a desire by the state to control procreation and keep the white race pure, licenses were increasingly required throughout the 19th century, and by the early 20th century every state in the Union had adopted license requirements to allow a couple to marry, even if…
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