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Since 1998, when it was a USA Today “Site of the Day” Capitalism.org has been educating students, professionals, and the intellectuals of tommorow on the moral, political and economic foundations of laissez-faire capitalism.
CULTURE
The Rise of Capitalism and the Dignity of Labor
Capitalism has brought about growing prosperity for the human condition while cultivating a more polite society.
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POLITICS
Individual Freedom is the Answer to This COVID-19 Crisis
We must embrace individual freedom as the answer to this crisis. End the lockdowns, and end the collectivist approach to solving this crisis.
A Nation of Thieves
Edgar K. Browning, professor of economics at Texas A&M University, has a new book aptly titled “Stealing from Each Other.” Its subtitle, “How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit,” goes to the heart of what the book is about. The rise of equalitarian…
Bad “News”
We have forgotten so much about the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that many people may not remember the deadly anthrax spores that were mailed to various prominent people in politics and in the media during that time. None of the…
The Gratingest Generation
If our era could have its own coat of arms, it would be a yak against a background of mush. This must be the golden age of endless and pointless talk. Every sports events seems to be preceded by all kinds of talk — whether by athletes repeating cliches that we…
Random Thoughts: July 2008
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Government bailouts are like potato chips: You can’t stop with just one. Anyone who is honest with himself and with others knows that there is not a snow ball’s chance in hell to have an honest dialogue about race. I…
Bankrupt “Exploiters”: Part II
We don’t look to arsonists to help put out fires but we do look to politicians to help solve financial crises that they played a major role in creating. How did the government help create the current financial mess? Let me count the ways. In addition to federal…
MARKETS
Marx and His Exploitation Theory
As the economic degree of capitalism rises, not only do profit margins and the rate of profit fall, but wage payments come into being and then rise both absolutely and relative to profits.
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WORLD
America’s Compassion in Iraq Is Self-Destructive
The horrific suicide bombing in December of a U.S. mess tent near Mosul and the assassination on Jan. 10 of the deputy chief of Baghdad police–the second Iraqi official murdered in five days–are further indications that the war in Iraq is worsening. Things…
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LAW
Guns Save Lives
We almost never hear about these hundreds of thousands of defensive uses of guns from the media, which will report the killing of a dozen people endlessly around the clock.
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SCI-TECH
A Government-Financed Mars Prize?
Replacing socialism–with another version of socialism.
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