It seems like such a simple concept, but it wasn't until last night when my wife said, "Everything is so much easier with money," that I realized there are very few blogs dealing with the Reese's-cup-esque relationship between money and liberty.

Sure, libertarians of all stripes state general maxims about how the government has screwed us over by inflating the money supply, or by creating a central bank, or by generally regulating any and all aspects of money from how much you can carry on a plane to what may used to pay a debt. But in their diatribes against these undoubtedly troublesome and dictatorial nuisances, many libertarians fail to look how one can still achieve liberty through building personal wealth and finance. Undoubtedly, they believe this is possible (and preferable!), but the connection rarely is made.

Similarly, in the slew of personal finance blogs I've been keeping tabs on recently, there is rarely a clear relationship between the information and advice given and how it can increase individual freedom. Of course, many of them refer to "financial freedom" but I think there's a distinction to be made between financial freedom and personal liberty, the latter being a broader topic but affected just as much by one's personal finance as the former.

So, my goal with this blog is to bring together the two concepts. Undoubtedly, at times I will fail. But with any luck, I'll strike a new vein of gold.

Enjoy!