Guest post by Roger Tipping II (einsteinway). Perhaps my experiences are colored by my voluntaryist worldview but every day I see myriad examples of spontaneous order and mutual interaction all around me. It amazes me that people can stand in line at the grocery store, at the gas pump, or even drive on the highway…
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Defining a Free Society
Guest post by Brian Lobb. What is a “free society”? Some people think that having economic freedom while controlling others socially is freedom. On the opposite side, certain folks think that having social freedom while controlling their neighbors’ pocketbook is freedom. Neither stance is freedom when you really break it down. To have a truly…
Equality’s Greatest Enemy
Kevin Carson writes about how coercion always creates inequality. And if you didn’t already know, the state’s very existence depends on and is maintained by coercion. Therefore, the state is naturally an enemy of equality. Remember that before bowing down to the state to ask for it’s help in bringing about equality. Also remember that…
Now Available: Everything Voluntary – From Politics to Parenting
BREAKING NEWS! Everything Voluntary – From Politics to Parenting is now available for purchase or download! Go to the book’s project site for links! From the Introduction: The mainstream political, education, and parenting philosophies all have one thing in common: promoting the domination of one group of people over another. In politics, this is the…
Chapter 29 – Raising Children Compassionately
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Five – Chapter 28 – “10 Ways We Misunderstand Children” by Jan Hunt 29 Raising Children Compassionately by Marshall B. Rosenberg I’ve been teaching Nonviolent Communication (SM) to parents for 30 years. I would like to share some of the things that have been helpful to both myself and to…
Chapter 19 – The Right to Control One’s Learning
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Four – Chapter 18 – “Schooling: The Hidden Agenda” by Daniel Quinn 19 The Right to Control One’s Learning by John Holt Young people should have the right to control and direct their own learning; that is, to decide what they want to learn, and when, where, how, how much,…
Chapter 15 – Why Socialism Must Fail
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Three – Chapter 14 – “Historical Capitalism vs. the Free Market” by Richard Ebeling 15 Why Socialism Must Fail by Hans-Hermann Hoppe Socialism and capitalism* offer radically different solutions to the problem posed by scarcity: everybody can’t have everything they want when they want it, so how can we effectively…
Chapter 13 – Planning vs. the Free Market
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Three – Chapter 12 – “What is the Free Market?” by Murray N. Rothbard 13 Planning vs. the Free Market by Henry Hazlitt When we discuss “economic planning,” we must be clear concerning what it is we are talking about. The real question being raised is not: plan or no…
Chapter 12 – What is the Free Market?
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Three – Chapter 11 – “I, Pencil” by Leonard E. Read 12 What is the Free Market? by Murray N. Rothbard The Free Market is a summary term for an array of exchanges that take place in society. Each exchange is undertaken as a voluntary agreement between two people or…
Chapter 3 – Fundamentals of Voluntaryism
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section One – Chapter 2, “Coercivists and Voluntarists” by Donald J. Boudreaux 3 Fundamentals of Voluntaryism by Carl Watner Voluntaryism is the doctrine that relations among people should be by mutual consent, or not at all. It represents a means, an end, and an insight. Voluntaryism does not argue for the…