Tag: Government

  • Maltese Society – Maternity Leave and Childcare

    Maltese Society – Maternity Leave and Childcare

    Fifty years ago, one income was enough to sustain a family. Now, women are forced to return to work shortly after having a baby. In Malta, maternity leave is just 18 weeks. As a result, it has become the norm for babies as young as four months old to be put into childcare. This is…

  • Free Market Revelations

    Free Market Revelations

    Article written in 2015 With the forthcoming election nearing ever closer I am still struggling to connect with one party but I feel that it is a duty of mine to vote (I suspect that this is not from some innate understanding of morality but rather derives from being a child of a statist society).…

  • From Naivety to Left-Wing Politics to Libertarianism – My Political Journey

    Article written in 2015 When I was 16 I attended a seminar about exploitation at a local university. The seminar leader asked us to discuss how we are victims of capitalism. Clutching my designer handbag and wearing my Diesel jeans I responded, “I don’t think I am a victim of capitalism. I love shopping!” I…