Mises Institute, October 27, 2021 Protectionism Is Immoral, Unjust, and Corrupt by James Bovard Protectionism is reviving in Washington on both sides of the political aisle. Democrats are cheering proposals to restrict trade to benefit labor unions and save the environment while some Republicans are reviving Smoot-Hawley style salvation schemes. Protectionist advocates routinely seize the […]
Crossing the Congo: Over Land and Water in a Hard Place is book that chronicles a perilous 2013 drive across the Democratic Republic of Congo. We younger people in the West have no real sense of suffering, but this book gives us an idea of what real poverty and extreme corruption look like.
Beyond the establishment of peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice, we do not need masses of police and civil servants guarding us, even if they have university degrees.
The work of liberty unfolds over time like the dawn of spring itself, or the unfolding of Easter in the ancient Christian liturgy. What is possible in this world is a slow realization, born first of awe, then turning to a new consciousness, unfolding in gradual celebration, and culminating in a message to the entire world. Liberty is what allows us all to cast off the old world of authority and imposition and sing a new song of freedom the world over.
