In Praise of Self-Checkouts
May 7, 2019 – Tyler Curtis …… Self-service often means better service. Continue reading →
Bernie Tells America: Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps!
April 25, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… Bernie Sanders justifies his millions this way: he worked for it by writing a book. He also says that if you write a book, you could be a millionaire too. It’s just that easy! Continue reading →
Capitalism Fosters Human Cooperation Like Nothing Else
April 18, 2019 – Barry Brownstein …… Sometimes the ordinary can reveal the miraculous. Continue reading →
In Defense of the Gilded Age
February 19, 2019 – José Niño …… The Gilded Age’s enormous gains in incomes and standards of living showed what individuals were capable of creating when the government was shackled. Continue reading →
All Hail the Entrepreneurs (and the Carnitas They Bring Us)
February 8, 2019 – Robert Higgs …… It’s not the government that stands between the people and starvation. It’s the entrepreneurs. Continue reading →
Net Neutrality Repeal: The Internet Apocalypse That Never Came
January 31, 2019 – Brittany Hunter …… Whether the naysayers are willing to admit it or not, less government regulation results in better outcomes for both companies and consumers. Continue reading →
Milton Friedman Reveals the Humbling Truth of “I, Pencil” in Just Two Minutes
January 28, 2019 – Jon Miltimore …… “I, Pencil” was a clarion call for humility (intellectual and economic). Continue reading →
How ‘I, Pencil’ Changed My Life
December 29, 2018 – Tricia Beck-Peter …… My journey from central-planning statist to market-loving freedom-fighter, and how an essay titled “I, Pencil” was involved. Continue reading →
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Doesn’t Understand What Capitalists Do
December 27, 2018 – Antón Chamberlin …… It may seem to many that the capitalist provides no benefit to the market, but without Earnhardt Jr. taking on the function of the entrepreneur, there would be no car to drive, no strategy to call, no wrench to turn. Continue reading →
The Many Ways Governments Create Monopolies
December 15, 2018 – Mike Holly …… Most major sectors in the US economy have been distorted by government policies pushing monopolies and limiting competition. (Ditto for Canada). Continue reading →