Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action: Marking 70 Years of Continuing Relevance
Mises’s brilliant treatise continues to be read and taken seriously as a cornerstone for understanding the nature of the free society and the workings of the market economy.
America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The actual injustice is that America has sold out the region’s only free society, Israel—along with freedom-seeking people across the Middle East and among the Palestinian community—while empowering jihadist forces.
The Capitalist Manifesto: The Great Disconnect (Book Excerpt)
It is time for advocates of capitalism to come out of the closet.
Book Review: Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell
Sowell shows that socioeconomic outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups and nations in ways that cannot be easily explained by any one factor, whether it’s genetics, sex or race discrimination.
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...
Audible’s “Black History” Month Blackballs Important Non-Left “Black Voices”
From the Audible website: “Black history and American history are forever intertwined. Limiting any celebration of Black history to a single month on the calendar does a disservice to the Black men and women who were (and are) integral to making this nation what it is...
Is “The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number” a Moral Principle?
Philosopher Ayn Rand on why “the greatest good for the greatest number” is one of the most vicious slogans ever foisted on humanity.
Neither Trump Nor Obama Grasps The Fundamental Nature of “Americanism”
“Americanism” is not rooted in the nation, the race, or any other collective, but in a universal ideal: individualism.
Books: The Moral Case for Finance
The essential moral case for finance that Brook and Watkins present is that finance is good by the standard of human flourishing.
Appeasing The Campus “Thought Police”: UCLA Bans Book at a Free Speech Event
If today’s students are increasingly hostile to intellectual freedom, can we really expect tomorrow’s voters, lawyers, judges, politicians to uphold free speech?
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