Dieser Artikel war ursprünglich als Pro/Kontra-Beitrag gedacht, den ich zusammen mit einem Journalisten des luxemburgischen Tageblatt schreiben wollte. Nachdem Letzterer vor kurzem dann doch abgesagt hat, habe ich mich entschieden meinen Teil alleinstehend zu veröffentlichen.
This article is a publication for the European Students for Liberty Blog, which regularly publishes liberty-related news stories. You can check out my articles on my blog profile here. The former French Minister of Economy, Emmanuel Macron, is going to run for president in the French elections in April 2017. In late August 2016, he had resigned in order […]
Sunday marked the first round of the Republican primary in the French presidential elections, in which former Prime Minister François Fillon and mayor of Bordeaux Alain Juppé qualified for the knockout vote on the 27th. Here is a rundown of the 5 things you need to know about the French presidential election:
The election’s over, we’ve rid ourselves of the endless (2 year) electoral debacle between Trump and Clinton. However, our fight for liberty has only begun. Libertarians: it’s time to get up, it’s time to get to work, it’s time to make this movement truly great.
This is a satirical article written for the libertarian website BeingLibertarian.com. It can also be read here. In the past months, weeks and days, I’ve read several articles (Examples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) about how the opposition to Hillary Clinton’s campaign was severely marked by sexism. Indeed, […]
64 members of the Czech parliament suggest the reintroduction of jail time penalties for defaming the president of the Czech Republic. The joint parliamentary effort of the communist, social democrat and centrist MP’s would reintroduce defamation as a criminal offence, with up to one year of jail time, for the purpose of “education”. Listen to the podcast
In France it’s countdown to the 23rd of April 2017, election day in the République. The French Republican party is currently running its primary campaign, in which two candidates have shown that the disconnect that many voters perceive in the political class, is incognisably true.
While the European Union was struggling to find a consensus for a trade agreement with Canada, one of its smaller member states, the Czech Republic, is tightening its relations with China. This has created a befuddling situation in which a Central European state known for beer and beautiful women experiences an internal political fight over Tibetan flags and […]
Milton Friedman disait : « Si vous analysez la guerre contre la drogue d’un point de vue purement économique, alors le rôle de l’Etat est de protéger les cartels de drogues. » Cet article est une traduction depuis l’anglais de mon article “Save the Elephants! … by Owning Them” publié sur fee.org. Dans une lettre […]
Dieser Artikel ist eine Übersetzung meines Artikels “Save The Elephants! … By Owning Them” der von der Foundation for Economic Education veröffentlicht wurde. Milton Friedman sagte bereits über illegale Drogen : « Wenn Sie sich die Drogen-Prohibition von einem rein ökonomischen Standpunkt anschauen, dann erkennen sie, dass es die Rolle des Staates ist, die Drogenkartelle zu beschützen. »
Bill Wirtz 