Learn Liberty Blog
We tackle big questions about what makes society free or prosperous and how we can improve the world we live in.
Blog Posts in Focus
Free trade lets us turn corn into cars.
January 25, 2018 | Bryan Caplan
Economics,
From the American point of view, technology and trade are the same. From the human point of view, trade is better.
The organic industry is a case study in rent-seeking.
February 5, 2018 | Henry I. Miller
Economics, Politics & Policy, Regulations, Subsidies,
If businesses get government subsidies to make their products cheaper, or “capture” regulation to hurt their competitors, that’s rent seeking.
The politics of "The Last Jedi"
December 20, 2017 | Ilya Somin
Government, Philosophy, Political Science, Uncategorized,
One Resistance fighter says that the movement will win “not by fighting what we hate, but by saving what we love.” But what do they love?
Blog Posts
Life isn’t fair, but can government help that?
October 25, 2017 | Chris Freiman
Ethics, Government, Justice, Morality, Political Science
Luck egalitarianism is, roughly, the view that inequalities in life prospects resulting from luck are unjust. If Amy has better job opportunities than Bob because she happened to have parents who could afford to send her to a fancy private school, that’s unfair.
The dirty word that gives us our freedom
October 18, 2017 | Lauren Hall
Ethics, Government, Justice, Morality, Political Science, Health Care, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics & Policy, Regulations
Competition is often considered a dirty word, with many critics of free market ideas emphasizing the cutthroat competition of Wall Street as an example of how competition brings out the worst in people, encourages us to cut corners, and undermines our altruistic tendencies.
3 reasons why the NRA is so powerful
October 16, 2017 |
Ethics, Government, Justice, Morality, Political Science, Health Care, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics & Policy, Regulations, Liberty, Politics & Policy, Rights
Organized interest groups are able to control a lot of policy making, even if most people in the unorganized public disagree with them.
Looking at randomness but seeing conspiracies
October 10, 2017 |
Ethics, Government, Justice, Morality, Political Science, Health Care, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics & Policy, Regulations, Liberty, Politics & Policy, Rights, Philosophy, Religion
The wary cat has a theory of the world: “Stove burns you. Stay away from stove.”
Do NFL players have the right to take the knee?
October 9, 2017 |
Ethics, Government, Justice, Morality, Political Science, Health Care, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics & Policy, Regulations, Liberty, Politics & Policy, Rights, Philosophy, Religion, Morality, Rights
We need to be careful about arguing that players have a First Amendment right to protest peacefully on the field.
Is the USA really the highest-taxed nation in the world?
October 6, 2017 |
Ethics, Government, Justice, Morality, Political Science, Health Care, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics & Policy, Regulations, Liberty, Politics & Policy, Rights, Philosophy, Religion, Morality, Rights, Taxing
President Trump has repeatedly claimed that the United States is the highest-taxed country in the world. The data people are using to fact-check him are misleading.