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19. Tyler Cowen, “The Marshall Plan: Myths and Realities”
Tyler Cowen details 5 myths of the Marshall Plan that just won’t go away. Economic recovery across the countries that received aid tended to occur at times when aid and Marshall Plan restrictions were not in effect.
18. Immigration Symposium: Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “The Case for Free Trade and Restricted Immigration”
Hans-Hermann Hoppe persuasively makes the case for a libertarian justification for restricted immigration policies under the state. Download the article Hoppe, Hans-Hermann. “The Case for Free Trade and Restricted Immigration.
17. Immigration Symposium: Gary North, “The Sanctuary Society and its Enemies”
Gary North explores the history of sanctuary societies and details the threats to the United States as an immigration sanctuary. Download the article North, Gary. “The Sanctuary Society and its Enemies.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 13, No.
16. Immigration Symposium: Tibor Machan, “Immigration into a Free Society”
Tibor Machan asks the question, “What should be a free country’s policy toward foreigners who would wish to live there?” View in iTunes and Post a Review! Download a pdf of the article Absolutely free: Tibor Machan,
15. Immigration Symposium: Jesus Huerta de Soto, “A Libertarian Theory of Free Immigration”
Jesus Huerta de Soto explains that under a libertarian society where all resources, land, and property are owned privately, the problems of immigration and emigration essentially disappear. The problems that are related to immigration and emigration ar...
14. Immigration Symposium: Walter Block, “A Libertarian Case for Free Immigration”
Dr. Scott discusses economist Walter Block’s article, “A Libertarian Case for Free Immigration,” which analyzes laws limiting emigration, migration, and immigration from the libertarian perspective. Block defends the view that the totally free movement...
13. Immigration Symposium: John Hospers, A Libertarian Argument Against Open Borders
Not everyone who wishes to come to the United States should be permitted to do so, says John Hospers. View in iTunes and Post a Review! Download a pdf of the article Absolutely free: Hospers, A Libertarian Argument Against Open Borders Download Dr.
12. Immigration Symposium: Julian Simon, Are There Grounds for Limiting Immigration?
Is there any persuasive reason for a country to bar a healthy, law-abiding person from immigration? View in iTunes and Post a Review! Download a pdf of the article Absolutely free: Simon, Are There Grounds for Limiting Immigration? Download Dr.
11. Rothbard, Protectionism and the Destruction of Prosperity
Protectionism helps the privileged, inefficient producers at the expense of consumers and efficient producers. View in iTunes and Post a Review! Download a pdf of the article Absolutely free: Rothbard, Protectionism and the Destruction of Prosperity Do...
10. Economics in One Lesson (chs. 23-24)
Saving enables increased production, and Hazlitt restates the main point of the book: look at the economic effects of the whole economy over the long run! View in iTunes and Post a Review! Download a pdf of the book Absolutely free: Economics in One Le...