Erich Mattei Archives
Elections: The Ultimate Waste
Billions and billions were tossed away to elect our leaders, and hardly anyone is happy about it. While there is indeed much debate surrounding the legitimate existence of government and the functions it is to serve, one undeniable fact of the political process is that there are scores of inescapable costs and expenses that accompany the process, and these, being anti-productive non-market phenomena, are arguably the most burdensome. [Full Article]
Michael Moore and Freedom
The single greatest asset, and indeed only legitimate premise, of Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" is that it publicizes the coercive, grim face of the inevitable impoverishment that is the result of warfare. It investigates the rapid growth of the United States government and its trend of trampling the rights of individuals, and the corporatism that is spawned out of the close ties between big government and big business, especially in wartime. However, these undeniable strengths of the film are also its greatest weaknesses, for Moore focuses his efforts on the conservative Bush administration instead of addressing the crux of the matter: the institution of government itself. [Full Article]
The Rivers Run Through It
Transportation throughout the network of the nation's waterways, at one time the arteries of domestic commerce, has become nothing less than a state-woven web of interventionist circuitry and waste. It is also no secret to the public that there is widespread nepotism, porkbarrelling, and featherbedding amongst the river pilot ranks. Reformist measures do not address the fundamental problem: river socialism. [Full article]
Employment at Will
April 28, 2004 9:44 AM
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Student Libertarian Book Project: Call for Abstracts
March 23, 2004 12:32 PM
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Student Libertarian Book Project
March 23, 2004 8:00 AM
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Student Libertarian Book Project
February 10, 2004 12:11 PM
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The Mars Con
February 6, 2004 8:33 AM
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