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The Anti-Market-Agenda of International Organizations

The Anti-Market-Agenda of International Organizations

Daniel J. Mitchell

LI-PAPER. Higher government spending doesn't led to better development.

Several international organizations were originally formed to promote the development of countries, advocating for a liberal…

Ways to leaner and smarter regulation

Ways to leaner and smarter regulation

LI-BRIEFING. Legislative overreach threatens economic and entrepreneurial freedom.

According to the latest PwC Global CEO Survey (2016), overregulation belongs to the main worries of business; 79% of respondents…

The war against cash in Europe

The war against cash in Europe

Fabio Andreotti

Cash is not an end in itself, but rather the indispensable means to exercise basic rights.

There are good reasons why the debate on cash is heating up right now. While European governments and central banks have stepped…

The Threat of Tax Centralization Hovers Over Europe

The Threat of Tax Centralization Hovers Over Europe

Tax centralization poses a serious challenge to freedom and prosperity in Europe.

Are Europe's politicians about to undo one of the most decisive safeguards for freedom on the Old Continent? These days the talk…

Does the principle of majority rule represent a threat to liberty?

Does the principle of majority rule represent a threat to liberty?

LI-PAPER. A closer look at the oath sworn at Rütli by the founding fathers of the Swiss Confederation.

If politics is dethroned, the path becomes clear for the strictly liberal view that the state is nothing more than an alliance of…

Tax Competition: The Swiss Case

Tax Competition: The Swiss Case

LI-PAPER. Tax competition in Switzerland provides taxpayers with more choice.

Swiss fiscal federalism is the opposite of what federalism implies in many other countries. Political authority is built from the…

Protectionism harms consumers and the environment

Protectionism harms consumers and the environment

Caroline Boin, Kendra Okonski

The market process is inherently more sustainable than the regulated economy advocated by eco-doom mongers.

Last week, delegates from "major economies" concluded a summit in Hawaii aimed at "supporting the collective effort to negotiate…

Adaptation, not emission cuts

Adaptation, not emission cuts

Who is concerned about climate change should be looking at adaptation, not at trying to cut emissions.

Government officials from around the world have descended on the Indonesian resort island of Bali for two weeks of climate…

Unarmed bandits

Unarmed bandits

Victoria Curzon Price

Extracting rents from the general population is to the detriment of the large mass of consumers/taxpayers.

In Medieval times, when the king's authority did not extend much beyond his larger cities, well-organized bands of robbers would…

Capitalism and Religion

Capitalism and Religion

I don't believe in Capitalism, because it is not a dogma but a deeply rooted experience of the last 250 years.

The subject is a major challenge for me, and my preparations were an intellectual adventure of unforeseen proportions. I am…

In Praise of Non-Centralism: The Importance of Saying No

In Praise of Non-Centralism: The Importance of Saying No

Liberty, human dignity and voluntarily practiced morals are of lasting significance.

Liberty is not a modern "invention". In terms of the history of humanity it was born when we became aware of the possibility of…

Protection of Minorities by “Competition of Systems”

Protection of Minorities by “Competition of Systems”

Ten propositions on the protection of minorities.

It is often alleged that centralistic structures are more effective in protecting minorities' interests through their power of…

Federalism as a Protection against the Unintended Consequences of Legislation

Federalism as a Protection against the Unintended Consequences of Legislation

Leonard P. Liggio

The advantage of federalism is that its decentralization permits a tax and regulatory competition.

The U. S. Constitution, written in the Philadelphia convention in 1787, is based on the principle of federalism. It was a…

Is Switzerland Losing its Precious Heritage of Decentralization?

Is Switzerland Losing its Precious Heritage of Decentralization?

Victoria Curzon-Price

It would be a great mistake to cut the great advantages of federalism in the name of efficiency.

Switzerland has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world in comparative terms adjusted for local purchasing power. It…

Liberalism as a Reaction Against the State

Liberalism as a Reaction Against the State

Classical liberalism has to be considered as a “reactionary” (in the very literal sense) political theory.

It was 1993. With some friends I organised in my city, Brescia, Italy, a conference and invited Reynald Secher, a Breton…

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