Politics — the science devoted to the discovery of the proper governmental/social system for man; the application of ethics to societal governance.
Featured Articles
Book Review — RooseveltCare: How Social Security is Sabotaging the Land of Self-Reliance
How Government Welfare Programs Are Immoral and Hurt Everyone, Including the Poor
Why Healthcare in the US is So Expensive, and What Can Be Done About It
Ayn Rand’s Philosophy vs. Abortion Bans: Why a Fetus Doesn’t Have Rights
Three-Part Series on Socialism:
1. Why Socialism is Morally Wrong: The Basis of Property Rights [Video Version]
2. Why Socialism is Always Oppressive, Dictatorial and Corrupt [Video Version]
3. Bernie Sanders and the Injustice of “Democratic Socialism”
Socialism and Welfare vs. Justice: Why Inalienable Private Property Rights are Required for Justice
Socialism is Not “Worker Control of the Means of Production”
How to Show That Taxation is Robbery
The Social Metaphysics of Communism: MiG Pilot
An Objectivist Refutation of Anarcho-Capitalism (Market Anarchy)
Ayn Rand and the Crude Materialism of the “Rich vs. Poor” Worldview
Capitalism: Individual Rights vs. “The Common Good” — Full Version
How Christian Morality Promotes Despotism Over Liberty
QuickPoints
QuickPoint 2: Altruism Supports Coercion…
Other Posts
America Before The Entitlement State
What Squeegee Bandits Can Teach Us About the Welfare State
19th-Century Capitalism Didn’t Create Poverty But Reduced It
The False Freedom of “Equality of Opportunity”
Ayn Rand on Politicians, Ideas and Compromise
What Caused the Financial Crisis: It Wasn’t Capitalism or Deregulation
A Reddit Discussion of Anarcho-Capitalism (Market Anarchy)
Why “Anarcho-Capitalism” is Wrongheaded
Israel and the Palestinians: Of War, Civilization and “Refugees”
What BioShock Gets Wrong About Ayn Rand’s Objectivism
A List of Voluntary Ways to Fund a Government
Links and Lecture Courses
“Man’s Rights,” an essay by Ayn Rand from The Virtue of Selfishness
“Ayn Rand’s Theory of Rights: The Moral Foundation of a Free Society,” by Craig Biddle, The Objective Standard
“Ayn Rand’s Theory of Rights” by Craig Biddle on YouTube
“The Nature of Government,” an essay by Ayn Rand from The Virtue of Selfishness
“What is Capitalism?” from Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal on YouTube
Books
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand (primary)
Capitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights by Andrew Bernstein (secondary)
The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire by Andrew Bernstein (secondary)
Capitalist Solutions: A Philosophy of American Moral Dilemmas by Andrew Bernstein (secondary)
Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins (secondary)
Equal is Unfair: America’s Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins (secondary)
A New Textbook of Americanism: The Politics of Ayn Rand by Ayn Rand and various authors (primary and secondary)
Objectivism In Depth 