BRYAN CAPLAN
May 7, 2013
Keynesian Bets: What's Out There
May 6, 2013
Keynesian Bets Bleg
May 6, 2013
The Pyramid of Macroeconomic Insight and Virtue
May 2, 2013
A Natalist Provision
May 1, 2013
I Was a Teenage Misanthrope
DAVID HENDERSON
May 5, 2013
John Thacker on Vaccinations and the Sequester
May 3, 2013
Chef Rudy's Virtues Project
May 2, 2013
My take on Reinhart and Rogoff
May 1, 2013
Medicare Kills a Program


As a member of the free state project, I agree (and I've been reading your blog for ages, btw, didn't just find it today). The Outlaw Manicurist has been one of the most successful acts of civil disobedience performed by Free Staters. As a result of it, the NH Legislature passed a law decreasing the number of hours necessary to become a cosmetician or barber.
Not all acts of civil disobedience have been successful. Those who disobey by, say, driving without a license usually just end up spending some time in jail while inconveniencing everyone involved without bringing any significant change to driver's licensing.
If civil disobedience is to be successful, it's probably best if it 1) is a one-time (and well publicized) act and 2) concerns an issue people nationally will feel empathy towards those involved.
But, to cut it short: the Free State Project is definitely about more than moving to NH. You can move here, and still not do a damn thing to make the state more free. It's about being active, being involved, having a plan, and following through.
I made a very interesting discovery about health care spending that I would like for you to comment on.
It is at www.angrybear.blogspot.com/