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Capitalists: The Most Valuable Yet Endangered Species
Far more important than a debate about the relative practicality, efficiency, or productiveness of capitalism and socialism is a debate about their relative moral merits.
Is it Time For ‘Jexodus’: On Representative Omar’s Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories
Jewish bigotry from black liberals — and Omar is black — has long been an unspoken problem among Democrats.
Your Fair Share of Taxes
Do we leave (wealth) in the private sector where the market decides? Or do we subject it to corrupt politicians?
Is Income Inequality Fair?
The only people who benefit from class warfare are politicians and the elite; they get our money and control our lives.
State Cronyism vs. Free-Market Capitalism
What we live under is a heavily regulated, managed and controlled interventionist-welfare state that operates not by free-market competition but political cronyism.
Individualism is the Enemy of All Forms of Collectivism
The philosophy of individualism is the foundation of a free society; it is the basis of a community of men that does not require or demand the sacrifice or enslavement of some for the one-sided benefits of others.
Black Innovators and Entrepreneurs Under Capitalism
That innovative black Americans flourished in late 19th- and early 20th-century America is a little-known part of our heritage.
The Global Economy Needs Freedom for Peace and Prosperity
At the end of the day, the balance of payments always balances.
Collectivism Destroys Business
Collectivist elements spur violations of individual rights, such as taxes, highly progressive income taxation in particular, and other wealth “redistribution” schemes that discourage entrepreneurship, innovation, and wealth creation in general
To Pay for Slavery Reparations, Will Democrats Sue Themselves?
Democrats opposed the 13th Amendment, which freed the slaves, the 14th Amendment, which conferred citizenship on them, and the 15th Amendment, which gave them the right to vote.
American Health Care: Essential Principles and 50 Common Fallacies
A very important article by Richard Ralston.
Books: The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism
In his 1910 textbook, Elementary Principles of Economics, world-renowned Yale Professor Irving Fisher devoted part of a chapter to “Population in Relation to Wealth.” Fisher warned of the problem of “race suicide” caused by the fact that the most industrious and...
The “Hoax” Behind Politically Correct College “Studies”
How can a college criticize the hoaxers but revere ridiculous journals that publish nonsense? The real “hoax” is on students who pay thousands of dollars for useless degrees in fields that end in “studies.”
Karl Marx: The Man Behind the Communist Revolution
Marx’s critique of capitalism and capitalist society has shaped much of the social thinking in Western countries that led to the welfare state and extensive government intervention into economic affairs.
Our Planet Is Not Fragile: Sorry AOC, The World Will Not End in 12 Years
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims that “the world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.”
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