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Has There Ever Been A Libertarian Society?
The Freedom Report podcast today asks the question of whether there has ever been a historic example of a libertarian society. In his final appearance as associate editor of TLR, Ian Huyett dissects a column that he wrote where he analyzes the multiple historic examples of decentralized societies that one might call libertarian. Have you…
The ‘Self-Reliance’ of North Korea’s Desperate Leaders
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Dear Conservatives: College Tuition Rates Really ARE Unfair to Students
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Has a Libertarian Society Ever Existed?
by Ian Huyett It’s sometimes suggested that libertarian ideas are hazardous because they lack precedent. Functioning decentralized societies, it’s implied, are absent from humanity’s past. Yet throughout recorded history, nations have survived and thrived without the overarching authority that President Obama assures us is necessary for prosperity. My observation is nothing new. Each of the…


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