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  The exchange of hostages kept by Hamas in Gaza was deeply shocking. On October 7, 2023, the murderous terrorists not only butchered nearly 1,200 innocent people but also took hundreds of hostages, including small children. They kept them in terrible conditions and murdered many of them. In February, they staged gruesome displays when exchanging hostages […]

  If it is the rule of the game that two persons may dispossess a third who must submit to being dispossessed, the rule is unjust. Anthony de Jasay Take Away Based on a solid epistemology, the main aim of Anthony de Jasay’s philosophical work was to reformulate political and economic liberalism. His writings offer […]

In a striking speech this February at the 61st Munich Security Conference, United States Vice President J.D. Vance held a mirror to European elites. Rather than focus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, he highlighted Europe’s democratic value deficits, which leave the continent vulnerable. The vice president asserted that European citizens are often silenced when they express non-conformist views. […]

The Education Market: Thought On The Benefits Of Competition Marcos Lüdy ABSTRACT In this essay, a comprehensive approach to the educational phenomenon will be undertaken, starting with a praxeological analysis to address general questions about the feasibility of incorporating market principles and free competition into the education sector. Accordingly, an argument will be developed in […]

  The Mischaracterization of Education as a Merit Good Garret Thomas Molloy ABSTRACT This essay advances three claims (1) The current provision of public education characterizes education as a merit good. This characterization motivates state intervention to correct for merit good’s characteristics of positive externalities and consumer uncertainty (2) The provision of free public education […]