The problem isn’t that people do not trust their own governments. The problem is governments do not trust their own people. Speaking at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardem said her government wants to “try and build trust back into our institutions again….bringing…

What we need are government policies in line with Responsible Deregulation of Society — deregulating our social interests (public, cultural, civil rights) to match the deregulation of our economic interests (market, trade, commerce). The banks and industry have benefited from deregulation, now it’s our turn. Neo-liberal economics favours ‘small government’…

Each year our social interests fall under the weight of increasing laws and regulations, while the economic voice of society gets louder and louder. For forty years we’ve seen the market and industry empowered through deregulation, while our social and cultural needs, our civil liberties and public interactions are disempowered…

Rand Paul seems like a nice guy. He obviously knows the libertarian ideology. But clearly he has little or no experience putting the theories into practice. And it shows in his inability to sell the concept, or motivate and inspire others to take on libertarian views. …

How on earth did we think it was possible to create a successful free market, if the society in which the market exists does not practice the same principles? Limited government only works if it is applied to both our economic interests and our social interests ‘at the same time’. …