Ukraine is undergoing a true liberal revolution, akin to the great European liberal revolutions of 1848, and reminiscent of Prague s Velvet revolution of 1989.

Since the 1890s, and beginning in France, the term libertarianism has often been used as a synonym for anarchism and was used almost exclusively in this sense until the 1950s in the United States its use as a synonym is still common outside the United States.

Democracy does nurture some common values, but they are overwhelmingly liberal values in other words, individual rights trump collective obligations.

Japanese authorities will also need to launch bold liberalizing reforms to unshackle the many areas of the economy that are shielded from competition.