Altruism is not the only moral code; there is an alternative that facilitates long-term profit maximization.
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The Virtuous Circle of Profits and People
It’s mistaken to think that pursuing profits harms people. Profit-seeking by business does not harm but rather benefits people, beyond its owners.
Celebrate Entrepreneurs Like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Don’t Guillotine Them
The key to getting wealthy in a capitalistic society is to produce something so valuable that millions of people want to trade for it. This is the source of all great historical fortunes.
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“Hostile” Takeovers Aren’t Actually Hostile
A “hostile” corporate raider can only buy shares that others voluntarily sell.
The Virtue of Production
Business, the activity of producing and trading goods and services, demands a great deal of moral virtue, and businesspeople are not lowly materialists but moral creators.
Bernie Sanders vs Walmart: The Wealth of the Wealthy
Bernie wants us to fear billionaires. Actually, the billionaires work for us — for the great mass of average people. They want to acquire money from us. Unlike the government, they cannot simply come and seize our money.
Elder vs. Instagram: Innocent Mistake or Viewpoint Discrimination? Part II
“We’ve decided to offer a competing platform where no voices will be unfairly targeted.”
Obama’s New Documentary American Factory
American Factory is at its core a damning snapshot of American labor entitlement.
Facebook, Instagram and Discrimination Against Conservative Viewpoints
My radio colleague Dennis Prager heads a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization called Prager University. It shares five-minute educational videos from a conservative perspective. There have been over 2 billion views. No sex. No profanity. No chase scenes. But...
Is Google Too Big and Powerful?
Instead of worrying about Google’s influence, we should oppose a real threat: government’s initiation of force, through measures such as carbon taxes or dictating how Google should operate.
The Practical Value of Ethics in Business
If you are a student of business, in any stage of your career, I encourage you learn about rational egoism—if success in business is your goal.
The Myth of Profit Making as Exploitation
Pursuing self-interest in business is not exploitative, because it can only be based on voluntary trade.
Rational Selfishness and the Great Wealth Creator
People are most often confused by executives who seem to share attributes of both the inflated and the genuine egoist
No Need To Cut Down Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook To Size
It is not Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, and others that need to be “cut down to size,” as they cannot coerce us to buy their products and use their services.
Paid Family Leave Mandated By Government
Can’t we just leave government out of it and let employers and employees work this out to meet individual needs?
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
We Should Celebrate Diversity in Wealth Too
For the sake of justice, liberty, and prosperity, people should abandon their anti-commercial prejudices and cease deriding unequal wealth and income.
Profit Maximization: The Moral Purpose of a Business Under Capitalism
Profit seeking and capitalism are natural and beneficial and provide the proper moral purpose for business.
Business Needs Freedom and Not a “Social License” to Operate
What we need is competition in free markets and protection of individual rights.
Trump Lays Down the Gauntlet of Dictatorship
A dictator cannot stand any form of independence — whether in words or action — and neither can Trump.
In Praise of Supermarkets (and Capitalism)
Ask Venezuelans whether they would prefer well-stocked supermarkets to empty shelves and the desperate shortages of food under socialism.
The Importance of Business Ethics
A new semester, and a new class of business ethics, has begun. In my class, we initially discuss concrete examples of ethical dilemmas in business before delving into the main moral codes and the values and principles they comprise, to learn how they provide guidance...
Business Requires Moral Clarity
Business is a moral endeavor that makes human life immeasurably better.
Does Fighting Climate Change Give a Business a Competitive Advantage?
A business can gain a temporary advantage by appeasing popular views that fly in the face of facts, but…