Manufacturing Jobs Are Overrated
May 11, 2018 – Ryan McMaken …… It is a myth that “we don’t make things in America anymore.” Thanks to automation, we simply need fewer people to make more stuff. Continue reading →
The Tale of the Slave
May 9, 2018 – Robert Nozick …… A brief excerpt from Nozick’s book ‘Anarchy, State, and Utopia.’ Continue reading →
War and the Separation of Powers
May 8, 2018 – Andrew Napolitano …… When Donald Trump ran for president, he condemned foreign wars that have served no real American purpose and he condemned presidential war-making; and he promised to end both. Where is that Donald Trump today? Continue reading →
Leftist Minimum-Wage Nonsense
May 7, 2018 – Jacob Hornberger …… Leftists love proclaiming how much they love the poor, needy, and disadvantaged. One can understand why black teenagers and every other person who goes unemployed because of the minimum wage might reject that proclamation. Continue reading →
Responsibility Is the Antidote to the Poverty Mindset
May 4, 2018 – Barry Brownstein …… The worst poverty is not material poverty, but poverty of soul. Continue reading →
When Multiple Deaths Can be Traced to a Government Tax, Why Isn’t the Tax Repealed?
May 3, 2018 – Lee Friday …… High tobacco taxes have deadly consequences. Continue reading →
Hey, Millennials: Socialism Creates Poverty and Limits Freedom. So Stop Romanticizing It!
May 2, 2018 – Benjamin Powell …… The economic track record of socialism is as dismal as its human rights record. Continue reading →
Educational Fraud Continues
April 30, 2018 – Walter Williams …… Colleges are admitting youngsters who have not mastered what used to be considered a ninth-grade level of proficiency in reading, writing and arithmetic. Continue reading →
4,000 Years of Price Control
April 27, 2018 – Henry Hazlitt …… The real economic discovery of civilization was the free market. Continue reading →
Don’t Regulate Facebook — That’s What Zuckerberg Wants
April 26, 2018 – Ryan McMaken …… New government regulations help large dominant firms while hurting small firms and start-ups. Zuckerberg likes the sound of that. Continue reading →