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Defending Your PhD Dissertation is a practical survival guide for doctoral candidates facing the high-stakes hostile reading of their dissertation defense. Dr. John M. Cobin walks readers through anticipating adversarial committee questions, structuring persuasive rebuttals, managing pressure in the room, and protecting years of research from being derailed by a single contentious exchange. Written for graduate students in any discipline, this guide covers pre-defense preparation, reading-...

Austrian Economics: A Primer for the Liberty-Minded Reader: Eight Concepts That Change How You See Money, Markets, and the State

For six years, Daniel Morales has not opened a door. Wrongly convicted, he entered a Chilean prison in the spring of 2019. Now the paperwork says he walks free: back across an ocean to the United States, and into a world that artificial intelligence has transformed while he was learning not to want things on his own schedule.Sentenced to the Future is a literary thriller of innocence, reinvention, and the machine age — the story of a man who must rebuild a life in a future ...

Sentenced to the Future: A Novel of Innocence, Reinvention, and the Machine Age is a work of fiction by John M. Cobin. Set against a near-future landscape reshaped by artificial intelligence, algorithmic compliance systems, and automated justice, the novel follows a protagonist confronting wrongful conviction, institutional indifference, and the search for renewal in a world where machines increasingly stand between the individual and the state.

Bearing the Cross - Book Three: Valparaíso (part 3) and Rancagua continues Dr. John M. Cobin's five-volume memoir of his wrongful conviction and the five years he spent in the Chilean prison system. In this third volume, the author recounts further imprisonment in Valparaíso and the transfer to Rancagua, documenting the shifting conditions of confinement and the ongoing legal battle within an unjust justice system. Written with the same unflinching, first-person honesty that defines the en...

Pro-Life Policy: A Perspective for Liberty and Human Rights. A work by Dr. John M. Cobin on liberty and human rights.

"Should Christians Obey Government?"Is it a sin for you to drive 69 mph in a zone with a posted maximum of 65 mph? Was Christ nailed to the cross for your "sin" of hiring a gardener or a maid who did not have a legitimate "green card" from the immigration authorities? Public policies often entail annoying, costly, and even offensive impositions for Christians. Some policy has been deadly. Indeed, civil government has been more lethal than any infectious disease, plague, or religiou...

Bearing the Cross — BOOK THREE: Valparaíso (part 3) and Rancagua continues John M. Cobin's memoir trilogy. A gringo political prisoner exposes the injustices, indignities, and vexations of the Chilean criminal justice and prison system, in an account of faith, family, and perseverance.To learn more about the author and his other works: policyofliberty.com and AlertnessAI.com.

Suffering Unjustly is Dr. John M. Cobin's firsthand account of imprisonment, wrecked family life, and the loss of property and wealth endured by a Christian family navigating a modern democratic legal system that failed to deliver justice. After relocating to Chile in pursuit of a freer, more principled life, Cobin found himself entangled in a legal ordeal that tested his faith, his marriage, and his resolve. Written as a companion volume to the Bearing the Cross series and Behind the Wall...

Thinking of moving to Chile? Before you do, read the guide written by someone who lived it. In this fully revised Fourth Edition, Dr. John M. Cobin-economist, author, and long-time resident-offers a candid, cautionary look at life in Chile for foreigners: the bureaucracy, the culture, the cost of living, safety, healthcare, schooling, real estate, and the hard realities that glossy relocation pitches leave out. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience and richly illustrated, Life in Chil...

New Institutional Economics: A Primer on the Rules of the Game. A work by Dr. John M. Cobin on the rules that govern economic and political life.

Can artificial intelligence make you a better investor without making you dependent on it? In AI-Augmented Personal Finance, Dr. John M. Cobin shows liberty-minded readers how to use AI tools to sharpen personal financial decisions while keeping sound judgment, sound money principles, and personal responsibility firmly in the driver's seat. Written for the curious reader rather than the Wall Street insider, Cobin covers budgeting, investing, retirement planning, debt management, and wealth...