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Sukrit Sabhlok is a writer of the Austrian School of economics and a libertarian. His work has most often focused on analyzing public policy issues from a free-market perspective. He is a vehement critic of expansionist foreign policy, which he views as "imperialist"

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Politics, News & Issues > Economic News Should we trust economists?: 1 of 3
What fools these economists must take us for! It must surely be obvious from the turmoil of recent months that economists are a notoriously unreliable bunch. Since economics is not a precise science, it is easily perverted by political biases. Most mainstream economists cannot even agree what caused the financial crisis - let... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Barack Obama's foreign affairs positions: 6 of 16
Every American president in recent memory has placed some emphasis on bringing about "change". George W. Bush, during the 2000 campaign, promised that he would deliver a "humble" foreign policy that involved no "nation-building". This was at a time when many Republicans had criticised Bill Clinton's interventions in Kosovo an... More..
Pets & Animals > Animal Rights & Issues Do animals have rights?: 25 of 64
Animal Liberation Victoria states that its "underlying goalis to abolish the property status of animals." This is a far stronger position than merely arguing for animal welfare policies (with which most decent people agree) because it argues that "all sentient beings, regardless of species, have the right to be treated as ind... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Africa Ending poverty in Africa: 12 of 25
Let me put it bluntly. The demands of those running the Make Poverty History campaign will do nothing to relieve dire poverty in Africa. The campaign demands the following: trade justice, debt relief, more and better targeted aid, extra finance (imposing new taxes in the developed world to generate increased aid revenue), red... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology What it means to be a libertarian: 6 of 12
The key concept driving libertarianism is private property. People should be free to do what they want with their own property so long as they are not hurting anyone else. And if they are hurting someone else by their actions, government regulation must always be the last resort, as freedom is the value libertarians prize abo... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies The role and influence of the US in the United Nations: 3 of 6
The case against the United Nations grows stronger every day, but in many ways it's the same argument all over again. In 1996, conservative Senator Jesse Helms wrote a scathing critique of the U.N. in an article published in Foreign Affairs. He slammed its power grabs and out of control bureaucracy leading to rising costs, an... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Asia Singapore's controversial death penalty: 1 of 2
Singapore is a nation estimated to have the highest per capita rate of executions in the world, according to Amnesty International, and over 400 people have been hanged since 1991. The government justifies its position by citing low crime rates and the need to maintain "public order" among a population of 4.6 million. However... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Understanding Australia's political system: 1 of 2
The Australian political system, based on the key principles of Westminster and American federalism, has evolved through conventions adopted from Britain. It is argued that the position of Prime Minister (a convention) has become one of the most dominant and powerful positions in government. This point of view can reasonably ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy The democratic peace thesis and reflections on the role of conflict in liberal political theory: 1 of 2
"The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote and where voting is repeated every day." - (Ludwig von Mises)An empirical consensus that liberal democracies are peaceful towards other liberal democracies has undoubtedly emerged. But democracies are not any less violent than non-democracies per se; indeed... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Asia Destabilizing social movements in China: 1 of 2
An important feature of modern-day China has been the rise of civil society and political protest. Suisheng Zhao (2004) identifies three types of social movements: ethnic nationalism, liberal nationalism and state nationalism. The first two can be considered "populist", or citizen-initiated, social movements. They usually ent... More..