From the Editor
Editorial: In Honour of Michael O’Dowd – the Eclectic South African...
The Rational Standard has secured permission from the Free Market Foundation (FMF) to publish essays written by the FMF's late chairman, Michael Conway O'Dowd, in...
Politics
Why Charging Zuma is a Very Bad Idea, For Now
The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that the dropping of corruption, fraud, and racketeering charges against President Jacob Zuma by the National Prosecuting...
Philosophy
The Nature of Government and the Fatal Flaw in South Africa’s...
What needs to happen before South Africans realize that the institution of government is not a friend, a servant, or a protector, but a...
Economics
Why We Need to Bring Back the Gold-Backed Currency
When people are confronted with the daunting question of “What is money?”, they usually stare at you like you’ve just asked them to explain...
Social Affairs
You can’t rationalise racialism
In his piece Towards a more rational understanding or racialism, David Matthews tries to rationalise "racialism" as an “inherent”, “functional”, “positive” human “behavioural adaptation”...
Africa
The Kenyan Government Should Leave Betting Firms Alone
African governments, through legislation, are immensely talented in killing the efforts of organizations which economically empower the youth with skills, developing ideas, interaction with...
World
London’s Uber ban show the evils of the nanny state
Transport for London - the local government authority responsible for regulating transport in the greater London area - has recently made the decision to...
