Whether you are looking for a comprehensive guide on how to apply the principles of liberty to any life situation, an introduction to key libertarian concepts, or simply a repertoire of fact-based arguments ordered by issue - Roadmap to Liberty delivers.
Written in an Easy-to-Grasp Conversational Style
Featuring examples from around the world on how government should and should not work - including cases on:
- How one company was granted the monopoly right to produce TSA baggage locks
- How privatization of wildlife saved entire species from extinction in Africa
- The US' 900 foreign military bases worldwide - 30 times more than all the foreign military bases owned by all other countries combined
- The background on why the US abandoned the gold standard, and how the petrodollar system replaced itÂ
- The success of school vouchers in NYC and DC, and the fact that government schooling costs more than private schoolÂ
- The mathematical proof of why truly unregulated free trade (i.e. not government regulated trade such as the TPP) is always goodÂ
- How the total word count of US regulations increased by 40% between 1997 and 2012 alone - reaching more than 100 million words
- How Libya went from Africa's richest state to a failed country
Above list includes just the tiniest tip of the iceberg of mind-blowing, around-the-world case stories.
Chapter Overview
Ch 1 - Principles of Liberty
Ch 2 - Political Ideologies
Ch 3 - Government
- Section 1 - Passing Laws
- Section 2 - Special Interests
Ch 4 - Taxation
- Section 1 - Types of Tax Systems
- Section 2 - Income Tax
- Section 3 - Consumption Tax
- Section 4 - Property Tax
Ch 5 - Social Security
- Section 1 - Pensions
- Section 2 - Unemployment Benefits
- Section 3 - Health Insurance
- Section 4 - Assistance to the Poor
Ch 6 - Infrastructure
Ch 7 - Education
Ch 8 - The Judiciary
- Section 1 - The Court System
- Section 2 - Correctional Facilities
Ch 9 - Domestic Security
- Section 1 - Police Force
- Section 2 - Fire Services
Ch 10 - International Security
- Section 1 - Guns
Ch 11 - Marriage and Religion
Ch 12 - Abortion
Ch 13 - Discrimination
- Section 1 - RacismÂ
Ch 14 - Immigration
Ch 15 - Regulation
- Section 1 - Consumer Protection
- Section 2 - Environmental Protection
- Section 3 - Individual Lifestyles
Ch 16 - Trade and Protectionism
Ch 17 - Monetary System
- Section 1 - The Federal Reserve
- Section 2 - Fiat Currencies
- Section 3 - Inflation VS Deflation
- Section 4 - Privatization of Money Â
