Birthplace of
Aristotle, in Stagira, Macedonia, on 384 B.C.E.
Measures of Freedom
Freedom House Ratings, Freedom in the World 2009
2009: Political Rights: 1, Civil Liberties: 2, Status: Free
2009: Political Rights: 1, Civil Liberties: 2, Status: Free
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2003 Annual Report
2001: 6.7 (out of 10)
2001: 6.7 (out of 10)
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report
2002: 6.9 (out of 10)
2002: 6.9 (out of 10)
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2006: 7.03 (out of 10)
2006: 7.03 (out of 10)
Articles
Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it, by Chalmers Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb 2004
Related Topics: Foreign Entanglements, Afghanistan, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Nicaragua, United States, Vietnam
Lists countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency.
Related Topics: Foreign Entanglements, Afghanistan, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Nicaragua, United States, Vietnam
Lists countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency.
The Idea of Liberty is Western, by Ludwig von Mises, American Affairs, Oct 1950
Related Topics: Liberty, Capitalism, Socialism
Excerpted from chapter 21 of Money, Method, and the Market Process
"There were among the Greek authors also champions of government omnipotence, such as Plato. But the essential tenor of Greek ideology was the pursuit of liberty. ... In denying it to metics and slaves they virtually advocated the despotic rule of an hereditary caste of oligarchs. Yet it would be a grave error to dismiss their hymns to liberty as mendacious."
Related Topics: Liberty, Capitalism, Socialism
Excerpted from chapter 21 of Money, Method, and the Market Process
"There were among the Greek authors also champions of government omnipotence, such as Plato. But the essential tenor of Greek ideology was the pursuit of liberty. ... In denying it to metics and slaves they virtually advocated the despotic rule of an hereditary caste of oligarchs. Yet it would be a grave error to dismiss their hymns to liberty as mendacious."