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Laissez-faire capitalism, Rand says, means “a separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of state and church.”. The government’s sole function is to protect the individual’s right to think, to produce, to trade and to pursue his own life and happiness — by outlawing the initiation of ...
- In Defense of Finance
The financial industry took most of the blame for the 2008...
- The Moratorium on Brains
In this 1971 lecture delivered at Boston’s Ford Hall Forum,...
- Capitalism in No Way Created Poverty, It Inherited It
The facts tell a different story — one that reveals the...
- The Fascist New Frontier
In this 1963 radio talk, Ayn Rand offers her assessment of...
- Religion Vs. America
Man, they say, is a mere social cog or atom, whose duty is...
- Is Inequality Fair
In this talk, Dr. Yaron Brook argues not only that the...
- Who Cares About Inequality
The division between classical and modern liberals is often...
- Egalitarianism and Inflation
In this 1974 lecture, Ayn Rand undertakes a multilayered...
- In Defense of Finance
Dec 3, 2016 · The use of “illicit” substances is essentially an early 20 th century concept whereby various drugs and even alcohol were criminalised. The escalation of the “war on drugs” was an explicit form of social control. John Ehrlichman, US President Richard Nixon’s domestic policy chief, has been quoted as saying: “The Nixon campaign in ...
Dec 16, 2020 · It studies the so-called war on drugs, focusing on the ways in which states combat criminal groups linked to the illicit market of drugs (see Bagley, 1988; Labate, Cavnar, and Rodrigues, 2016). In this article I analyze the drug-security nexus in the context of the use of opioids in the United States in a different way, emphasizing what Paley (2015) calls “drug war capitalism.”
- Paulo José dos Reis Pereira
- 2021
Aug 24, 2021 · The U.S. was now engaged in a “war on drugs.” Nixon’s speech marked the beginning of a new era of American drug policy. His announcement would lead to the mass imprisonment of domestic drug ...
- Benjamin T. Smith
Jul 11, 2016 · Few texts have more powerfully unraveled the political economy of the drug wars than Dawn Paley’s 2014 tour de force, Drug War Capitalism. With unrelenting clarity Paley reveals just how extensively the war on drugs permeates Latin American politics and society —from Mexico to the Andes—resulting in ever more intrusive and exploitative ...
- Joshua Frens-String, Alejandro Velasco
- 2016
Mar 10, 2005 · An Assessment of U.S. Drug Problems and Policy. Presents a concise, accessible, objective view of where the United States has been, now stands, and is going in the future in its long “war on drugs.”. The authors assess the success of drug policies to date and review possible reasons why they have not been more successful.
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Aug 13, 2013 · Today the Obama administration announced its intention to reduce the number of federal prisoners in the US. The proposed actions are long overdue, and they make sense both socially and fiscally. Most noteworthy is the reported plan to reduce the use of federal mandatory minimum drug sentences. This approach will give judges more discretion when ...
