American and European intellectuals had been comparing the merits of a hypothetical world based on equality, reason and nature to the world in which they lived — based on habit, custom and superstition. The American Revolution tested their theories in the real world.
With the capacity to print forever, the US could fund its empire, fund its welfare state, fund its gigantic budget, fund its military, and all without bothering with actually doing much of anything beyond sitting behind screens.
In Build, Baby, Build, a graphic novel, Caplan uses Bastiat as a character in the present day to show us “what we’re missing”—what is not seen—when it comes to housing deregulation. I
On his first day as president, Trump signed an executive order to suspend the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), barring potentially thousands of Christian refugees from entering the United States.
It would not matter whether NPR was liberally biased or conservatively biased. The bottom line is that if politicians (bureaucrats) control the funding of the news, then the news likely will be politicized.
Disney has misread the room for a very long time, and seems implausibly slow to course correct. One might expect market signals would be enough to shock the internal culture of an enterprise. Ideology, however, can be more powerful than even failing profitability statements.
Individualism is the moral code recognizing that a human being is first, foremost, and always an autonomous being, a bodily and spiritual individual, not a nameless, faceless, fungible, easily replicable member of a tribe or collective.
It is refreshing to come across films in which profit-driven business is portrayed as benign and/or that show businessmen as heroes. Although such films are rare, they do exist and are often quite entertaining.
Is Learning Standard “White” English Oppressive for Black Students?
A few historical and inconvenient notes left on the cutting room floor during Black History Month.
America’s Early Presidents Were Admirable Men of Principle– Let us Hope we can Find More Like Them
As Ayn Rand put it, a value is something you act to gain or keep. A desire without action then is just a wish.
What is called Black History Month might more accurately be called “the sins of white people” month.
Ayn Rand left a legacy in defense of reason and freedom that serves as a guidepost for the American spirit–especially pertinent today when America and what it stands for are under assault.
February 2nd is the birthday of Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Ayn Rand developed and defended Objectivism, a philosophy that advocates “rational selfishness.”
This video of America’s greatest philosopher, Ayn Rand, might be the most important interview you have ever watched.
Peikoff offers personal insights into the real Ayn Rand—the thinker, the artist, the teacher, the passionate valuer of the best within man.
A Complete Unknown is a celebration of Bob Dylan’s songwriting genius.
A new edition of the Intelligent Investor integrates Graham’s classic insights with today’s market realities.
One of the most distinguished intellectuals of his generation, Thomas Sowell’s classical-liberal worldview continues to challenge, inspire, and empower research across the social sciences.
Hamilton did not as treasury secretary implement, or espouse, any system of protective tariffs or bounties.
To use reason to produce, trade and maximize profits, businesses require freedom.
If you want your New Year’s resolutions to be completed, take the steps needed to really commit to it.
Your life is in your own hands.
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