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Liberty Chimes: Ahmed’s Letters
In our editor’s second contribution, a Muslim traveler remarks on the perversity of slaveholding and imperial republicanism.
Justice, prosperity, responsibility, tolerance, cooperation, and peace.
Many people believe that liberty is the core political value of modern civilization itself, the one that gives substance and form to all the other values of social life. They're called libertarians.
Start Exploring What is Libertarianism?
Building Tomorrow explores the ways technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship are creating a freer, wealthier, and more peaceful world.
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A Review of Posner and Weyl’s Radical Markets
A new book from Eric Posner and E. Glen Weyl avoids many mistakes commonly seen in modern arguments, only to resurrect other, long-buried, errors.
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I Don’t Think Internet Anonymity Means What You Think It Means
Internet users often misunderstand anonymizing services, like Tor and VPN, leading to bad practices and compromised privacy.
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Understanding Statistics
Many economists use statistics to help us understand how markets operate. Without assuming any prior mathematical knowledge, Antony Davies introduces some of the measures and methods used by economists in their work.
Antony Davies is associate professor of economics at Duquesne University and Mercatus Affiliated Senior Scholar at George Mason University.