Liberty Australia is a non-profit educational institute run by volunteers across Australia. We are wholly independent, and do not accept funds from government or contract work from corporations. Our vision is a society that embraces the ideas of the Austrian school of economics and libertarianism. We achieve our vision by publishing books and journals, writing articles, producing videos/podcasts, and running conferences. Most of our volunteers are in their 20s so we are particularly interested in engaging with young people who are keen to promote civil liberties in the political and economic sphere. Read more
Who knew that secession was popular outside libertarian circles? Liberty Australia scholars Sukrit Sabhlok and Benjamin Marks were interviewed for an article in Vice Magazine recently.
The third of three videos of the Friday night Nov 25 2011. This video is of the Workers Party panel, consisting of Ron Manners, Viv Forbes, David Hart, Mark Tier, Neville Kennard, Geoff McNeil, Maureen Nathan, Andy Buttfield. For more info on the Workers Party see http://www.WorkersParty.info.
A NZ food bill will make growing food a government privilege rather than a human right. Ethan A. Huff, staff writer for NaturalNews.com , wonders why the New Zealand Government is so keen to sign up to a draconian new "Food Security" Bill.
The God-given human right to freely cultivate food is under attack in New Zealand (NZ) as special interest groups and others are currently attempting to push a "food security" bill through the nation's parliament that will strip individuals of their right to grow food, save seeds, and even share the fruits of their labor with friends and family members.
In accordance with the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Codex Alimentarius scheme for global food control, the NZ Food Bill, if passed, will essentially transfer primary control of food from individuals to corporations under the guise of food safety. And unless massive public outcry and awakened consciences within the NZ government are able to put a stop to it, the bill could become law very soon.
The Mises Seminar will bring together Australians interested in libertarianism and the Austrian school of economics. The event comprises a dinner on Friday, November 25, and an all day seminar on Saturday, November 26. The events can be purchased separately, or together as a package deal at a discount.
The seminar will field a line-up of prominent anti-state, anti-war and pro-market thinkers from around Australia, with special guest Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Our speakers understand that free-markets generate prosperity, and that government intervention is both economically and socially destructive. Read more
In Vol. 1No. 1 of the Mises Seminar radio show, Washington Sanchez, Bulukani Mlalazi, Michael Conaghan and Tim Hunt talk about how the idea for the Mises Seminar began.
Anarcho-capitalism is an individualist anarchist political philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and the elevation of the sovereign individual in a free market. In an anarcho-capitalist society, law enforcement, courts, and all other security services would be provided by voluntarily-funded competitors such as private defense agencies rather than through taxation, and money would be privately and competitively provided in an open market. According to anarcho-capitalists, personal and economic activities would be regulated by the natural laws of the market and through private law rather than through politics. Furthermore, victimless crimes and crimes against the state would not exist. Read more
The law of unintended consequences, so widely appreciated in economics, applies no less to a government’s conduct of foreign policy. The law grows out of the fact that highly complex situations cannot be fully grasped by one person or group, especially when human action is involved. Too many unpredictable elements stand ready to upset the expectations of would-be social engineers, the “men of system,” who rarely learn that lesson. Read more
The American political system was designed to limit government power. As conceived, the Constitution of the United States made it difficult for government to acquire new powers. The advantage of crisis to political leaders is that it enables new powers to be acquired in an extra-constitutional, but largely uncontroversial, manner.
The Constitution delegated powers that were, in James Madison’s words, “few and defined.” They are listed in Article I, Section 8. Due to the exploitation of crises, many of those powers, which were intended as limits on government authority, have been construed broadly, to the point where they barely limit power at all. Examples include the general-welfare commerce clauses. Read more
Non-interventionism, sometimes called neutrality or “isolationism” (more often by its detractors), refers, unsurprisingly, to a government’s deliberate policy of abstaining from interfering in the affairs of other countries. It was the foreign policy of such early American statesmen as George Washington (as seen in his Farewell Address), Thomas Jefferson (as seen in his First Inaugural Address), and John Quincy Adams (as seen in his July 4, 1821, address as Secretary of State) and of later political leaders such as Senators Robert LaFollette and Robert Taft.
Traditional American non-interventionism was combined with advocacy of free international trade and the free movement of people, which is why the term “isolationism” was inappropriate. These policies are consistent because they avoid intervention in the affairs of foreign nations and in the private transactions of international finance and commerce. Today many left and right opponents of abstaining from military intervention nevertheless want the government to limit private global commercial relations. In fact, both proponents of military interventionism and opponents of free global trade and capital flows are the true “isolationists.” Read more
Casey Research founder Doug Casey is well known for his often controversial, always thought provoking views on The Individual vs. the State: Institutionalised Coercion.
As the 2007-08 presidential campaign cycle offered up the usual slate of Washington insiders, Ron Paul, an obscure Congressman from Texas brought an alternative voice that challenged the political
