How did Adolf Hitler and the Nazis gain the power that they needed to commit such horror?
Walter Williams
Walter Williams (March 31, 1936 – December 1, 2020) was an American economist, commentator, academic, and columnist at Capitalism Magazine.
He was the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and a syndicated editorialist for Creator's Syndicate. He is author of Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?, and numerous other works.
Sex and Race Equality
Should we insist upon equal treatment of people by race and sex or tolerate differences in treatment?
Bizarre Arguments and Behavior
Some statements and arguments are so asinine that you’d have to be an academic or a leftist to take them seriously.
Is There Wage Stagnation?
Many economists, politicians and pundits assert that median wages have stagnated since the 1970s.
Governed by Rules, Not Men
Who’s in office is making a difference, because government has abandoned its referee and night watchman function and gotten into the business of determining winners and losers.
Solutions to Black Education
There is little that the political and education establishment will do about the grossly fraudulent education received by many black youngsters, and more money is not the answer.
Black People Duped by Left Wing Intelligentsia
The cultural problems that affect many black people are challenging and not pleasant to talk about, but incorrectly attributing those problems to racism and racial discrimination, a need for more political power, and a need for greater public spending condemns millions …
Why Socialism is Evil
Socialism employs evil means, confiscation and intimidation, to accomplish what are often seen as noble goals — namely, helping one’s fellow man
No Material Poverty in the U.S.
Here are a few facts about people whom the Census Bureau labels as poor.
Schoolteacher Cheating
While there’s widespread teacher test cheating to conceal education failure, most notably among black children, it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Politics of Hate and Envy
Though sports and Hollywood personalities earn multiples of CEO salaries, you’ll never find leftists and progressives picketing and criticizing them.
OK to Feel Sorry
I am free to feel sorry for guilty or timid white people.
Income Inequality vs Productivity Inequality
Far more important than income inequality is productivity inequality.
The Politics of the Minimum Wage
The politics of the minimum wage are simple. No congressman or president owes his office to the poorly educated black and Latino youth vote.
Pope Francis’ Tragic Vision of Capitalism
Pope Francis, went on to label unfettered capitalism as “a new tyranny.” Let’s look at the pope’s tragic vision.
Our Fragile Planet
With the decline of the USSR, communism has lost considerable respectability and is now repackaged as environmentalism and progressivism.
Blacks and Obama
Obama has charisma and charm, but in terms of character, values, experience and understanding, he is deficient.
Masking Totalitarianism: The Myth of “Positive Rights”
What the positive rights tyrants want but won’t articulate is the power to forcibly use one person to serve the purposes of another.
Social Security and Medicare Fiction: Do Americans Prefer Deception?
“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”
Does Washington Know Best?
Congress and the president are taking over an area of our lives infinitely more challenging and complex than the management of traffic signals and supermarkets, namely our health care system.
America’s Social Security Ponzi Scheme: Congressionally Duped Americans
The only way Congress can send checks to Social Security and Medicare recipients is to take the earnings of a person currently in the workforce. The way Congress conceals its Ponzi scheme is to dupe Social Security and Medicare recipients into thinking that it’s their m…
America’s Entitlement Mentality: Is There a Way Out?
Despite the fact that today’s increasing levels of federal government spending are unsustainable, there is little evidence that Americans have the willingness to do anything about it.
Loving and Hating America
I’m wondering how the hate-America/blame-America-first crowd might explain the fact that so many people in the world, if they had a chance, would permanently relocate here. Maybe it’s that they haven’t been exposed to enough U.S. university professors.
Racial Trade-offs: Part II
I can’t imagine what black politicians and civil rights groups are getting that’s worth condemning black youths to a high rate of unemployment and its devastating effects on upward economic mobility, but then again, I’m not a politician.
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