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What is Freedom

• What is Freedom?
• Freedom from the Government
• The Limits of the Libertarian Vision
• Freedom from the Boss
• The Limits of the Leftist Vision
• Liberty and Equality: They go Together
• Freedom from Everyone Else

Really Natural Rights

• Who Governs the Governors?
• A State of Nature
• The 'Other' Natural Rights
• The Inherent Conflicts
• Which Rights Do We Alienate?
• Consequences
• Conclusions

The Balance of Wealth

• The Wealth Gap
• The Key Principle
• The Three Economic Pillars
• The Grand Subsidy
• Paying Not to Plant
• For the Bankers
• On Population and Progressivity
• For the Plantation Owners
• Restricting the Land Supply
• More Efficient Land Use
• NaturalResourceUse
• International Interactions

Wealth to the Working Class

• Introduction
• Employment is a Trade
• Management
• The Suits
• The Big Cheese
• The Stars
• The Limits to Equality

Split the Corporations

• Working Together
• Do Big Corporations Work?
• Access to Capital
• Overhead
• Transaction Costs
• Centralization
• How to Tax Corporations

Welfare that Works

• It's Not Working
• It Looks So Easy
• The Challenge of Charity
• Option 1: Target the Needy
• Option 2: The Big Flat Entitlement
• Option 3: Free Services for Everyone
• Option 4: The Fuzzy Cut-off
• Option 5: Self-Limited Free Services
• Two Welfare Utopias

Power to The People

• The Top of the Pyramid
• Legalized Corruption
• How About Public Financing?
• The Will of The People
• So Many Issues
• What About Direct Democracy?
• Electing Our President

For Libertarians

• For Libertarians: A Manual for Success
• A Simple Lesson in Libertarian Communication
• A Fuzzy Foundation for Liberty
• Persuading Christians
• The Limits to Libertarian Persuasion
• John Galt vs. John Ross
• More Libertarian Goodness to Come

Greed vs. Freedom

• Greed vs. Freedom
• Objectivism vs. Liberty
• Objectivist Ethics, a Critique
• Greed is a Sunk Cost
• Lap Dog Capitalism
• What is Greed?
• A Critique of Pure Altruism
• Charity vs. Sacrifice
• Altruism: There is No Substitute

Save the Critters

• Why Save the Critters?
• Spreading the Cost
• The Power of the Carrot
• Beyond Emergency Measures

Stop Global Warming

• Stop Global Warming
• 82 Ways to Stop Global Warming
• Carbon Tax
• A Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax
• Carbon Tax Calculations
• Carbon Tax vs. Personal Income Tax
• A Carbon Tax vs. Payroll Taxes
• The Future of the Carbon Tax
• Carbon Tax Calculators
• The Precautionary Principle
• Basic Research vs. a Carbon Tax
• What the Government Can Do to Stop Global Warming

On Enforcing Morality

• Enforce Morality?
• Setting Moral Priorities
• Whose Morality?
• Reframing the Abortion Debate
• Victimless Crime: an Operational Definition
• Legalizing Moral Excellence

The Abortion Question

• The Abortion Question
• The Science Fiction Case Against Abortion
• How Environmentalists can Exploit the Abortion Issue
• Fuzzy Logic: a Quick Introduction
• A Fuzzy Look at the Start of Human Life

God's Welfare System

• God's Welfare System
• Tithes vs. Taxes
• Loans for the Poor
• The Gleaner Laws
• The Jubilee Laws
• Inheritance Laws
• Community, Child Care, and Secure Retirement
• Population Control
• A Biblical Solution to the World's Problems
• Appendix A: Evolution in the Bible

The Law of Liberty

• The Law Of Liberty
• Size of Government
• Prisons
• The Bible on Drugs
• Harlotry
• Those Pesky Lawsuits
• The Rights of the Accused
• It Was the Holy Land

The Power of Mercy

• Is the Religious Right Right?
• The Formula for Forgiveness
• The Price of Mercy
• The Limits to Mercy
• Vengeance is Mine
• Mercy vs. Acceptance
• The Power of Mercy

The New Levites

• Is the Religious Left Right?
• The Fate of the Rich
• A Raw Deal?
• The Sin of the Pharisees
• Welfare vs. the 8^th Commandment
• Treasure in Heaven
• The New Levites
• Call No Man Father
• The Traditions of Men
• The Second Tithe
• What About Professionals?
• Back to Politics

A Narrow Path

• A Narrow Path
• A Pearl of Great Price
• The Fate of Unbelievers
• The Limits to Grace
• Is Hell a Translation Error?
• Who will go to Heaven?
• Crowns for the Saints
• Salt of the Earth
• A Christian Nation
• Appendix A: Problematic Passages
• Appendix B: More Faith vs. Works Quotes
• Appendix C: Sheol Quotes
• Appendix D: Hell Quotes
• Appendix E: Sleep Quotes

Start a New Political Party?

• Start a new Political Party?
• How to Start a New Political Party in the U.S.
• Part 1. Political Science and Third Parties
• Theorem 1: Extremism Loses
• Moderation is not Enough
• The Lesser of Two Evils Dilemma
• Politics in Two Dimensions
• The Real Sweet Spot for a New Political Party
• The Other Loophole in Duverger's Law
• Summary: a Successful Third Party is Possible

Getting There

• What Path?
• Work Within the Democratic Party?
• Work Within the Republican Party?
• Work Within the Libertarian Party?
• Green or Other Party?
• Activism Without Politics
• Spread the Word