Are Multinational States more Conducive to Individual Liberty than Nation States?
Posted by Trevor Watkins in Anthropology, General, Politics on October 7, 2011
Mont Pelerin Society – Istanbul 2011 Special Meeting Friday 30 September – Monday October 3, 2011 Theme: NATION, STATE AND LIBERTY Session 1 09:30, Saturday, October 1st, 2011 Liberty and the Nation State Paper Are Multinational States more Conducive to Individual Liberty than Nation States? by Leon Louw CEO: Free Market Foundation of Southern Africa [...]
Partnership with Posterity
Posted by Trevor Watkins in Economics on July 16, 2011
by Jeremy Burnham You can find some powerful ideas if you listen to Nature. Conservationist and futurist Hank Patton has been thirty years patiently working the land and building a Biodiversity Reserve up the Columbia Gorge. Now he emerges with a model that could revolutionize our approach to business - an alternative to the model [...]
Ja, Well, No, Fine the authorities
Posted by Trevor Watkins in Fun, Politics on July 6, 2011
By Trevor Watkins When the authorities wish to discipline their citizens for some action or omission, they usually start by issuing a fine. This is meant to remind you that you have done wrong, that you are being punished, and that if you do wrong again, you will be punished again. Given the enthusiasm with [...]
SOUTH AFRICA 2011: THE BALANCE BETWEEN FAILURE AND SUCCESS
Posted by Trevor Watkins in Politics on July 5, 2011
SPEECH BY F W DE KLERK TO THE ADELE SEARLL LADIES 100 CLUB: MOUNT NELSON HOTEL, CAPE TOWN, 1 JUNE 2011 SOUTH AFRICA 2011: THE BALANCE BETWEEN FAILURE AND SUCCESS It is a great pleasure for me to address this gathering of Cape Town’s most influential women leaders. The venue is also splendid. I always [...]
Vivian A. Atud – The best way to promote individual freedom in South Africa
Posted by Trevor Watkins in Politics on July 3, 2011
This is the essay and motivation contributed by Vivian A. Atud as her entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister. This essay was one of the winning entries. Simply put, individual freedom focuses on the fact that all values are human-centred, the individual is of supreme importance, and all individuals are morally [...]
Stephen van Jaarsveldt – How I would promote individual liberty in South Africa
Posted by Trevor Watkins in Politics on July 3, 2011
This is the essay and motivation contributed by Stephen van Jaarsveldt as his entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister. First of all, one must serve as an example of Libertarianism in one’s own conduct and can never force or threaten others in exchange for any quantity of personal utility. Good examples [...]
Koketso Sebolai – The best way to promote Individual Freedom in South Africa
Posted by Trevor Watkins in Politics on July 3, 2011
his is the essay and motivation contributed by Koketso Sebolai as his entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister. Introduction South Africans have considered themselves and the Country as free. That’s mainly because for over 40 years we were enslaved by the apartheid regime. When it comes to Individual Freedom most of [...]
Langa Bodlani – The best way to promote individual freedom in South Africa.
Posted by Trevor Watkins in Politics on July 3, 2011
This is the essay and motivation contributed by Langa Bodlani as his entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister. Is this the matter about which we should be having a discussion in South Africa. After all is our constitution, hailed as the most progressive, not a sufficient guarantor of individual freedoms. The [...]
Kate Louw – How I would promote individual liberty in South Africa
Posted by Trevor Watkins in Politics on July 3, 2011
The best way for me to promote individual liberty in South Africa would be for me to join the Free Market Foundation full time. However I doubt I will do that any time soon. Another way would be for me to pursue my interest in the political freedom of the most helpless sector of the [...]
JP Myburg–Van Der Walt – The best way to promote individual freedom in South Africa
Posted by Trevor Watkins in Politics on July 3, 2011
This is the essay and motivation contributed by JP Myburg–Van Der Walt as his entry in the recent Freedomfest competition sponsored by Bob Glenister. Individuality!? Words spoken on lips by the Government, is it empty promises with a perfect picture painted by people to illustrate an imaginative world??? Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, [...]
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