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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
 
 
How Trump Can Lower Drug Prices Without Price Controls
Connor O’Keeffe
While Trump has not yet turned to price controls to address America’s absurdly high drug prices, Monday’s executive order suggests that he soon may. Price controls would only worsen the problem with the drug market. Here are three things he can do instead.
 
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The Classical Liberals Were Radical Opponents of War and Militarism
Ryan McMaken
Extolling peace has characterized the classical liberal movement from the eighteenth century, at least from Turgot, on through the nineteenth century to Ludwig von Mises. 
 
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Philosophy of History
 
History isn’t predetermined. It is shaped by ideas, human action, and the choices we make.
 
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The Crisis of American Foreign Policy
 
Murray Rothbard dismantles interventionist myths, revealing why perpetual war abroad destroys liberty at home.
 
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A Closer Scrutiny of Affirmative Action (Reservation) Programs in India
India has the longest history of affirmative action programs in the world and they have become the center of heated controversy between two clashing viewpoints.
 
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The Salem Witch Tariffs: How Economic Witch Hunts Undermine Liberty

As the progressive left and the anti-trade right merge arguments, the current political atmosphere is quickly turning into a witch hunt.

 
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The American Revolution and Classical Liberalism
Libertarianism, especially American libertarianism, is firmly rooted in the legacy of the American Revolution. But if this legacy is so vital to the American tradition, what went wrong?
 
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The Rothbardian Theory of Taxes
 

Taxation is fundamentally unethical, economically damaging, and illegitimate.

 
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The Misesian
 
Rothbard’s “Anatomy of the State” introduces the state as a unique, coercive institution, distinct from society. The latest Misesian expands on this view, examining historical commentary on the state’s emergence and its central role in modernity.
 
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