The UK Libertarian

Question: Do you think the state should regulate who has children and who doesn’t? If your answer to this is no, then I agree. I would guess that a large majority of people would answer the same. Most people feel like this is intuitively wrong. That it would be almost totalitarian. However if I were [...]

I think the reason I haven’t written any articles lately is partly because nothing surprises me anymore and seriously thinking about UK issues and writing long pieces on the topics is just frustrating. I could have written about the London riots but I feel like I’ve been saying it all over and over again. The [...]

Although not exactly classed as stateless, the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India is one of the most densely populated areas on earth with a population approaching one million packed into less than a single square mile! In Kevin McCloud’s new documentary he reveals the area is entirely free of taxation and regulations. Despite this, the [...]

So I saw this post on the 2+2 forums by the user Clowntable and thought it was a beautiful example of the creative potential of individuals in the face of government bureaucracy and control; just imagine what people could create and achieve if they were completely free: I just saw a nice little report on TV. [...]

Further to the videos posted a few days ago I came across this great Mises article that goes into the issue in a lot more depth, citing other sources I was not aware of: What these examples of regulated and unregulated intersections show is about as close to a perfectly controlled social-behavioral experiment as one [...]

Government regulations are never necessary. Not only do they not work as well as natural market regulations, they always have ugly unintended (or secretly intended if you’re of a cynical bent) consequences. If you take a simple example like food hygiene in restaurants, the market could easily take care of this and eliminate all environment safety officer’s jobs [...]