The so-called “Gilded Age” of “Robber Barrons” is better named as the Inventive Period of Capitalism.
CULTURE
Put the Independence Back in Independence Day
The American Revolution remains unique in human history: a revolution–and a nation–founded on a moral principle, the principle of individual rights.
Why Frederick Douglass’s Fourth of July Speech Still Matters
There is no better example of how one can balance America’s strivings and failures than that provided by the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass in his famous July 5, 1852, speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
On July 4th: Love America or Lose Her
Patriotism is more than a sentiment. It is a necessity. To keep what history has presented to us, Americans must either love it or lose it. Balkanize America and you risk becoming the Balkans.
Ending The Federal Department of Education Would save Taxpayers $97 Billion Dollars a Year
By Neal McCluskey for Cato The Trump administration is looking for federal spending to cut, which seems pretty urgent given the nation’s nearly $37 trillion debt. The US Department of Education (US ED), which is neither constitutional, competent, nor effective, is...
Book Review: The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
Why ‘Colorblindness’ on Race Matters More than Ever
Andrew Bernstein’s The Capitalist Manifesto
Andrew Bernstein’s book is “among the best single presentations of the case for capitalism. (It is) amazingly good.” – Harry Binswanger
Parent Power Can Improve US Education
Parents must seize control of their children’s education from the “interlocking directorate” that is waging a war against children’s minds.
The Full Yaron Brook Interview: Selfishness, Immigration, War, Love, Liberty and of Course Ayn Rand
In a full, hour-long interview, Brook defends the marketplace and the self-interest that drives it. He also carves out the path of self-interest through mountains of big issues: war, poverty, immigration, drugs and children–even how self-interest is important for your love life.
The Nvidia Way: How Nvidia Became the Most Valuable Company in History
The Nvidia “way” is Tae Kim’s attempt to characterize what makes Nvidia different from other companies. He identifies three components: a strive for excellence, hiring practicesm and generous and widespread stock programs.
The Shot Heard ’Round the World
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.
How Richard Nixon Wrecked Free Trade
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.
Big Government Doesn’t Want You to Think about “What Is Not Seen”
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
Christians Fleeing Persecution Blocked from US Entry by Trump White House
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.
NPR Should Not Be Subsidized by Taxpayers
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’s Snow White and The Post-Lockdown Disorientation in the Arts
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.
Tough Guy Detectives as Exemplars of Rugged Individualism
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.
Four Popular Movies Celebrating Business and Businessmen
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.
The Demonization of “White” English Harms Black Students
Is Learning Standard “White” English Oppressive for Black Students?
Film Review: A Complete Unknown
A Complete Unknown is a celebration of Bob Dylan’s songwriting genius.
Benjamin Graham and How to Invest Like a Legend
A new edition of the Intelligent Investor integrates Graham’s classic insights with today’s market realities.
MLK Day: The Wisdom of Thomas Sowell
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.
More Reason and Freedom in 2025
To use reason to produce, trade and maximize profits, businesses require freedom.
The Pork Barrel Politics of the Department of Education
The department is designed to provide material and political benefits to the teachers’ unions, not to improve student outcomes.
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