Date Written: 3/7/2023
Question: What have been the effects of foreign aid programs, such that virtually everyone was describing them as failures by the 1990s?
Foreign aid sounds like a great idea right? What a noble gesture it is to … Read More
Category: Government (Page 2 of 3)
Date Written: 2/28/2023
Question: Describe the process by which the market economy tends toward an improvement in the standard of living.
In modern times many people believe that governments are responsible for the rise in the standard of living. They … Read More
Date Written: 2/13/2023
Question: Is there a “right of free speech” in the abstract, or is the question of free speech at root a matter of property rights?
In modern times people are always saying that human rights are more … Read More
Date Written: 2/3/2023
Questions: 1) What does John Locke mean by self-ownership? How does he think goods in the state of nature come to be owned by individuals?
2) How does Rothbard defend the idea of self-ownership?
The idea of … Read More
Date Written: 1/17/2023
Assignment: Write 500 words on this topic: “Is there a difference between state-subsidized churches and state-subsidized schools?”
In the United States churches have not been subsidized since 1833 and for good reason. When the civil government subsidizes … Read More
Do Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Promote Freedom
Date Written: 1/10/2023
Assignment: Did all four of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms promote liberty?
One of Franklin D. Roosevelt”s most famous speeches was his Four Freedoms Speech. In it he declared that there are four fundamental freedoms that all … Read More
Date Written: 12/27/2022
Assignment: Write 250 words on this topic: “Which promotes greater personal responsibility, the free market or the welfare state?”
Believe it or not, the civil government plays a big role in how personally responsible people are in … Read More
Date Written: 12/15/2022
Assignment: Write 250 words on this topic: “Is the state the source of human rights?”
A fundamental question that must be answered, when it comes to government, is: who is the source of human rights? There are … Read More
Date Written: 12/8/2022
Assignment: Write 500 words on this topic: “Is restitution to victims better for society than jail sentences for criminals? Explain.”
Many people don’t realize it, but the criminal-justice system of today is really perverse. We can all … Read More
Date Written: 12/3/2022
Assignment: Write 250 words on this topic: “Should the group in a legislator’s district that got him elected monitor his votes, and recruit someone to run against him in the next primary if he starts voting wrong?”… Read More