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Herbert Spencer, Slavery & Income Tax

By: Charles Amos

In Anarchy, State and Utopia, Robert Nozick recounted ‘The Tale of The Slave’ the theme of which is that income taxation is slavery. For a long time, I thought this was Nozick’s own idea; but upon visiting the footnotes it turns out the story is actually Herbert Spencer’s. 
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James Baldwin Shows We Have More to Learn About Liberty for All

By: Sabine Benoit

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Charles Murray on Dignity and the American Dream

By: Anna Leman

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Liberty Matters

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Women at War

By: Claudia Williamson Kramer, Jayme Lemke, Joshua D. Ammons, and Abigail R. Hall

Traditionally war was thought of as a man’s domain. The authors in this series know better.
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The Legacy of David Boaz

By: Andy Craig, Ilya Somin, Tarnell S. Brown, Aaron Powell, and Jonathan Blanks

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Jefferson in Time: Perspectives through His Eyes

By: Cara Rogers Stevens, Todd Estes, Christine McDonald, and Hans Eicholz

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