Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Is Limited Government An Oxymoron?

The answer is, of course, a resounding "YES!".

On the Dallas/Fort Worth affiliate of PBS, they aired a show in which this was the topic and guests Tom Woods and Doug Casey talked about how it is ridiculous to think that a government is supposed to limit itself among other things. The show can be found here in its entirety on YouTube. I still can't believe that this radical anarchist thinking aired on PBS! Oh that just tickles me!

Also, this article on mises.org entitled "Classical Liberalism versus Anarchocapitalism" by Jesus Huerta de Soto adds a lot to this discussion of minarchy versus anarchy and how it is naive to think that a government will be able to restrict itself.

Also, on an unrelated note, my friend and fellow Libertarian Longhorn Daniel Krawisz recently got his second article published on mises.org! His article is called "How the Free Market Works" and it is a great introduction and explanation of Murray Rothbard's production theory. Congrats!

Yours in Liberty,

Andy

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