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Coercion

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Conservatism

Will-to-Power Conservatism and the Great Liberalism Schism

By virtue of representing the correct vision of the good, these conservatives say, they have every right to use the coercive power of the state to interfere with others' choices.

Stephanie Slade | 9.8.2020 6:00 AM

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Public Health

When Should Force Be Used To Protect Public Health?

Since meager testing resources left officials ignorant of crucial facts about the epidemic, they made policy decisions without the evidence necessary to assess their proportionality.

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2020 6:00 AM

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Nationalism

Against the New Nationalism

Individual autonomy is not the cause of our problems and state autonomy is not the solution

Stephanie Slade | 2.24.2020 8:30 AM

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Government

The Problem With Nudging People to Happiness

Cass Sunstein's latest book puts a lot of faith in the efficacy of government to structure our choices.

Randy E. Barnett | 4.28.2019 6:00 AM

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New York

Free Speech Attack by Attorneys General in ExxonMobil Climate Change Probe of Skeptical Non-Profit

Down the perilous path toward Lysenkoism in which only officially approved science is allowed

Ronald Bailey | 4.8.2016 11:01 AM

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China

China Drops Oppressive One-Child Policy: Too Late to Avoid Demographic Implosion

Reproductive central planning works as badly as economic central planning

Ronald Bailey | 10.29.2015 12:41 PM

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Big Government

The Intolerant State

Sometimes, government is the things centralizers choose for us.

Matt Welch | 11.11.2013 10:00 AM

Criminal Justice

Bounced a Check? Go to Jail.

John Ross | 1.26.2013 6:15 PM

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Coercion

The Man vs. the Therapeutic State

A remembrance of Thomas Szasz, courageous defender of freedom and responsibility

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2012 1:30 PM

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Is Transhumanism Coercive?

Forcing humanity to remain relatively stupid and sick doesn't make us freer

Ronald Bailey | 10.18.2011 4:30 PM

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