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Could Market Welfare Replace Animal Rights?

by Nicolás Sánchez July 8, 2025

Freedom’s Coming Home: SFL UK Looks to the Future of Liberty

How Hard We Fight the State Will Determine Whether We Can Live...

The Ethics of Scarcity: Why Voluntary Plasma Systems Are Failing

No, Meta Training Its AI on Your Posts Doesn’t Justify More Red...

Georgian Democratic Dream in Peril

The New American Protectionism and Its Global Repercussions

Who’s Really Paying for “Free” Healthcare in Italy?

by Mario Spoltore June 26, 2025

Is Miserable Army Pay a Hidden Tax on Nationalism?

Debate: Should Libertarians Ever Bother to Vote?

The Imminent Threat to Freedom of Expression in Brazil

Debate: Should The Non-Aggression Principle Apply to Animals?

In Defense of the Heretic: Szasz, Psychiatry, and the Right to Be...

No Democracy Without Education: Make Politics and Economics Mandatory

Politics

No, Meta Training Its AI on Your Posts Doesn’t Justify More Red Tape

by Lika Kobeshavidze June 27, 2025

Georgian Democratic Dream in Peril

by Tamara Obgaidze June 27, 2025

Is Miserable Army Pay a Hidden Tax on Nationalism?

by Ian Golan June 22, 2025

Poland Abandons the Enlightenment, Grabs a Torch

by Ian Golan June 3, 2025

Economics

The New American Protectionism and Its Global Repercussions

by Lucas Guimarães June 26, 2025

Who’s Really Paying for “Free” Healthcare in Italy?

by Mario Spoltore June 26, 2025

Is Miserable Army Pay a Hidden Tax on Nationalism?

by Ian Golan June 22, 2025

SpeakFreely Debate Issue Now in Print!

by John Devlin June 5, 2025

Culture

Debate: Should The Non-Aggression Principle Apply to Animals?

by Michael Huemer June 19, 2025
by Michael Huemer June 19, 2025

In Defense of the Heretic: Szasz, Psychiatry, and the Right to Be Free

by Mario Spoltore June 13, 2025
by Mario Spoltore June 13, 2025

Everything CAN Be Awesome, Said Ayn Rand: The Shared Message of The LEGO Movie and Anthem

by Makar Zarubin June 6, 2025
by Makar Zarubin June 6, 2025

Love is Dystopia: An exploration of 1984 and Anthem

by Josh Cheshire May 27, 2025
by Josh Cheshire May 27, 2025

EU Elections

No, Meta Training Its AI on Your Posts Doesn’t Justify More Red Tape

by Lika Kobeshavidze June 27, 2025
by Lika Kobeshavidze June 27, 2025

The Tale of Two Polish Millionaires Seeking to Spearhead a Deregulation Revolution

by Ian Golan March 7, 2025
by Ian Golan March 7, 2025

Austrian Election gives boon to the populists but what about principles?

by Nik Khosravipour November 6, 2024
by Nik Khosravipour November 6, 2024

17th International Vernon Smith Prize 2024

by Sponsored Article September 17, 2024
by Sponsored Article September 17, 2024

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  • Philosophy

    Why Bad Arguments Are So Persuasive

    by Patience Griswold June 27, 2019
    June 27, 2019

    A few years ago, two of my younger siblings were helping in the kitchen when my little brother decided to take …

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  • EconomicsSweden

    Why Poor People in the Freest Nations Have Incomes 8x Higher Than Poor People in the Least Free

    by Evangelos Andreou June 25, 2019
    June 25, 2019

    Everyone interested in Classical Liberalism is familiar with the left-wing narrative that free markets undermine democracy and make the poor poorer. …

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  • Society

    To Pray for Death: Authoritarian Drug Policy in Belarus

    by Piotr Markiełaŭ June 23, 2019
    June 23, 2019

      According to the Democracy Index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Belarus is ranked 137th of 167 countries and is …

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  • Society

    Hong Kong’s Liberty Crisis: Protesters gather against extradition bill

    by César Guarde-Paz June 16, 2019
    June 16, 2019

    Since the early hours and under the break of dawn, light rain had descended upon the yellow-helmeted crowd of colorful umbrellas …

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  • Society

    Economies Do Better Under Democracy

    by Luis Pablo de la Horra June 14, 2019
    June 14, 2019

    The tremendous economic growth of China over the last three decades has reinforced the perception that authoritarian countries can spur economic …

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  • Politics

    Who Cares who Builds the Roads? Libertarians have Bigger Fish to Fry

    by Evangelos Andreou June 3, 2019
    June 3, 2019

    Every conversation with libertarians will lead at some point to the same topics: is taxation theft? Who will build the roads? …

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  • History

    How Incompetence ruined the Soviet Union

    by Viktorya Muradyan June 1, 2019
    June 1, 2019

    “Evacuate people!” “I will decide!” “Decide now!” “I am told I can’t.” “You’ve just told me you decide.” “I am in …

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  • PoliticsPopulism vs. Liberty

    How Vox Populi is Threating Rule of Law in Armenia

    by Viktorya Muradyan May 28, 2019
    May 28, 2019

    The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction is currently ruling on the most controversial case since Armenian independence in 1991. The second …

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  • Economics

    Are Cryptocurrencies really the Future of Money?

    by Celestino Portela May 26, 2019
    May 26, 2019

    Economists don’t often view cryptocurrencies as ‘real’ money, instead they’re considered crypto-assets as they’re mainly used for speculation on value and …

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  • EconomicsEurope’s Fiscal CliffSpain

    Italy’s Debt Crisis Puts the European Union at a Crossroads

    by Vijay Victor May 24, 2019
    May 24, 2019

    The European Union at present is undoubtedly at a crossroads. The economies that were once reckoned strong pillars of the EU …

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  • Economics

    How Nepal is Shaking-Up its Economy

    by Nischal Dhungel May 22, 2019
    May 22, 2019

    Over the past few years Nepal has undergone a comprehensive political transition. The Jan Andolan (People’s Movement), which rose to power …

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  • Culture

    Why We Should Care About Social Media Bans

    by Robert Schoder May 20, 2019
    May 20, 2019

    Two weeks ago, Facebook caused both outcry as well as jubilation, when it deleted several conservative and conspiracy theorist pages, including …

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  • Society

    When Law and Morality contradict each other

    by Romy Haber May 18, 2019
    May 18, 2019

    In the play of Sophocles, Antigone the eponymous character wanted to bury her brother who betrayed the city. The king made …

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  • EconomicsHistoryPolitics

    The New Colonisation of the 21st century

    by Celestino Portela May 11, 2019
    May 11, 2019

      “… The heart of the mechanism: diverting what are in effect public resources [taxes that should be paid, but are …

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