LearnLiberty's Online Lecture Courses

LearnLiberty's Online Lecture Courses What does it mean to have a free society, one dedicated to the ideals of free markets, voluntary exchange, individual rights, and peace? LearnLiberty is here to help you find out, and arm you with intellectual firepower to help get you through the debates to come.

LearnLiberty's Online Lecture Courses What does it mean to have a free society, one dedicated to the ideals of free markets, voluntary exchange, individual rights, and peace? LearnLiberty is here to help you find out, and arm you with intellectual firepower to help get you through the debates to come. Our nation is at a crossroads, and the way we answer the crucial issues facing our nation will determine which path we take: that of liberty, or that of serfdom. The videos below are just a sampling of what we have to offer. To learn more, visit us at LearnLiberty.org. And don't forget to become a subscriber to our LearnLiberty channel on YouTube. How Can We Fix Our Fiscal Crisis? The United States just saw its debt downgraded for the first time as a result of Washington's refusal to deal with the heart of our fiscal crisis: the national debt. As Harvard economist Jeff Miron points out, there's really only one way to get the debt under control, and that's by getting our entitlement spending under control. To see how much entitlements like Medicare and Medicaid are going to eat into our nation's bottom line, watch this one-minute video from LearnLiberty.org. How Big Is the U.S. Debt? "Pretty big," doesn't do our debt justice: The United States' unfunded liabilities are currently so great that they shadow the entire economic output of the entire world. See how our debt obligations stack up against the rest of the world's economies in this shocking video from Antony Davies, an economist at Duquesne University. Are the Poor Getting Poorer? Ever feel stumped at how to respond to your liberal friends who tell you that the poor are getting poorer? Economics professor Steve Horwitz will show you how. Though it's true that the income gap has increased slightly, it's not true that the poor are getting poorer while the rich are getting richer. Rather, income mobility and a larger overall economy mean that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting richer even more quickly than the rich. Want proof? Just watch this three-minute video. Want to stay up to date on the latest news from Learn Liberty? Become a fan of LearnLiberty on Facebook.