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Feminism and the Future

Winter 2010 -- Imagine a rich, new media landscape—one that extols complex heroines whose lives expand a young women's sense of the many...

Feb 8, 2011
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10 Mins
Ban Government Racism, Not Discrimination

February 28, 2003 -- A state university uses racial criteria in choosing candidates for admission. It has been doing this for years, as have

Feb 2, 2011
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David Kelley Ph.D
7 Mins
Washington Legal Foundation Files Amicus Brief in Rubashkin Case

When the ACLU gets involved in a case, even a business rights case, I tend not to notice, because of that organization’s infamous

Jan 28, 2011
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2 Mins
David Mayer Defends Liberty of Contract

Mayer, a professor of law at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, has just had a book published by the Cato Institute: Liberty..

Jan 27, 2011
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2 mins
Laissez-Faire Capitalism

Ayn Rand maintained the necessity of a government that kept its “hands off” the private lives of its citizens, while at the same time......

Jan 26, 2011
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Malini Kochhar
2 Mins
Libertarian Package Deals

April 2008 -- Editor’s note: I’m pleased to yield my usual editorial space this month to Gene Holloway, director of operations and

Jan 26, 2011
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Eugene C. Holloway
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Production of Bads Not Goods

In a society that is basically Objectivist in its beliefs and laws, the only actions that would be illegal would be those that impose harm o

Jan 26, 2011
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4 Mins
Liberalism vs. Objectivism

Ayn Rand criticized both the “liberal” Left and the “conservative” Right poles of American politics. She identified both major political

Jan 26, 2011
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5 Mins
Information Disclosure under Laissez-Faire

Under laissez-faire capitalism, I doubt that there would be any blanket legal duty to reveal information that would harm one’s business....

Jan 26, 2011
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3 Mins
Laissez-Faire Capitalism and Workers' Rights

Workers' pay in the laissez-faire era of the19th century rose steadily with the innovations that increased productivity and lowered prices..

Jan 26, 2011
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2 Mins
Danielle Chiesi: Immoral Victim

I have not been blogging for the last month in order to devote my full time to an historically important violation of Business Rights. Now..

Jan 25, 2011
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2 Mins
Government Financing in a Free Society

Objectivism recognizes the necessity of a rational governmental authority that performs the basic functions of maintaining law and order...

Jan 25, 2011
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Malini Kochhar
3 Mins
Game Theory and Objectivism

As such, Nash's contributions to non-cooperative game theory were a major breakthrough in the formal analysis of strategic interaction...

Jan 25, 2011
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2 Mins
Gay Marriage

There is no established Objectivist position on gay marriage per se. However, I think Objectivism can be seen to apply to the issues at hand

Jan 25, 2011
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Financial Security in a Free Market Society?

The free market can provide as much security as a statist system. And statism is more to blame for economic instability than most people

Jan 25, 2011
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Collectivism, Freedom, and Happiness

Happiness is a complex emotion that proceeds from living one’s life with success and intensity. To achieve it, one must correctly identify

Jan 25, 2011
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Andrew Bissell
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Free State Project

The Atlas Society does not at this time have an official position on the Free State Project. However, I think it is safe to say that the

Jan 25, 2011
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2 Mins
Education for the Poor

First, in a free society there really isn't as much of a class system as you may think. The correlation between a person's income and that

Jan 25, 2011
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3 Mins
Capital Punishment

Ayn Rand argued that those who mete out death to others certainly deserve it back as a matter of justice (assuming that we are speaking of..

Jan 23, 2011
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2 Mins
Abortion

In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court declared a constitutionally protected right to abortion. Far from resolving the debate that gave rise to it..

Jan 23, 2011
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8 Mins

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