Free Markets
|
The Rise of Capitalism and the Dignity of Labor
Free market liberalism not only has brought about growing prosperity for more of humanity, but has cultivated a more polite and respectful society to accompany the material betterment of the human condition.
|
Uber Faces Tough Competition
We have all heard the tales of aggressive competitiveness between Uber and Lyft in the United States, with the latter accusing the world’s leading ride-sharing company of unethical behavior. But what you may have not heard is that Uber’s top competitor in India, Ola, is expanding, prompting Uber to seek a merger in other regions…
|
Free Enterprise, Not Free Tuition
Making college free would be a big mistake, but there are ways to help people that combine the power of free markets, the strength of communities, and the value of a good education.
|
The Burden of Proof Needs to Change
If something is wrong in society, whom should be charged with fixing it? Today, there is a presumption that government should be.
|
Changing the World Requires Patience
The conditions have to be right to change the world. It takes men and women of great courage and patience. But it can happen. We owe everything to those in the past who have been willing to take that difficult road and dare to both dream and act on those dreams.
|
Three Undeniable Problems with Anti-Gouging Laws
Anti-Price Gouging Laws are either useless or harmful.
|
An Education in One Evening, Courtesy of Jordan Peterson
Politics promised to give us a meaningful life. It failed. Now we have to find it elsewhere. As the poet Virgil led Dante through Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell, Jordan Peterson is the tour guide of the modern world in its confrontation with our inner selves.
|
Kaepernick’s Cause Means Something to the Market
You might observe that this is the free market’s way to co-opt the anti-racist movement on behalf of capitalist profits. But maybe that’s not a criticism. Maybe that’s a way to get the message out and make it more culturally operational.
|
The Good Guys are Winning This
The flourishing of commerce means the flourishing of everything we call civilization.
|
How to Destroy the Value of Work and Property
Overstating how misinformed, unrealistic, and just plain wacky are the economics that underlie these proposals of Sens. Warren and Sanders is impossible. Also impossible to overstate is the amount of damage that enactment of these proposals would inflict on the American economy.
|
The History and Future of Liberalism
Jeffrey Tucker was on this interview with Dave Rubin. Part 2 covers the history of Right Hegelianism and it is coming up. Part 1 here covers the history and meaning of liberalism.
