Rush covered this from Dr. Butler today. I had the good fortune to have a class with Dr. Butler at Hillsdale, a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
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Written by Dr. Eamonn Butler [2] | Monday 20 January 2014
I was struck by a passage in Daniel Hannan’s new book How We Invented Freedom And Why It Matters. As a UK Member of the European Parliament, he is always asking other MEPs why they think new rules are needed, in banking, working hours, herbal remedies and much else. As he says:”The response is always the same: ‘But the old system was unregulated!’ The idea that absence of regulation might be a natural state of affairs is seen as preposterous. continue