Ideas@The Centre 1 2013
Vol. 1 No. 1 (January, 2013) Freedom Quote of the Week'How did we, as members of the academies and intelligentsia, come to be trapped in the romantic myth that politically organised authority could direct our lives so as to satisfy our needs more adequately than we might satisfy them ourselves through voluntary agreement, association and exchange, one with another?'
— James M. Buchanan, John Bonython Lecture 1990
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Civil disobedience demands courage of convictions
| 11 Jan 2013
Civil disobedience should be followed by a willingness to pay the penalty.
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Fiscal sausages
| 11 Jan 2013
What emerged from Congress on the first day of 2013 is as unpalatable as the worst-made sausage.
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Improving welfare or wasting money?
| 11 Jan 2013
The debate over the adequacy of the dole has again flared up.
