That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen
What would become of the glass makers, if nobody ever broke windows?
Neil Peart: Enlightenment in Verse and Romanticism in Rock
Enlightenment themes like secularism without skepticism; the basic decency, nobility, and perfectibility of man; the efficacy of reason; the power of science; and the value of philosophy for the regular educated person saturate the work of Peart and Rush.
Should American K-12 Schools Teach The 1619 Project?
The 1619 Project is still ill-suited for K-12 education. That is a judgement we may make on its scholarly shortcomings alone.
President Donald Trump is a Classic Mercantilist
Trump is a classic mercantilist. A mercantilist favors exporters over importers and the use of government tariffs to promote (or “protect”) less efficient, but politically favored “national champion” companies against their foreign competitors.
China’s Dark Turn Away From Capitalism and Freedom
A recent New York Times editorial board member wrote that it was difficult to know whether the United States is “better, worse, or the same” as China.
Spiritual Poverty of Black Americans and The Welfare State
Chief among the policies that reward inferiority and irresponsibility is the welfare state.
The New Deal and Recovery, Part 8: The NRA
The 1933-37 recovery fell far short of reversing the collapse the U.S. economy suffered between 1929 and 1933, and that this disappointing outcome was the result of New Deal policies aimed at boosting wage rates. The resulting higher wage rates prevented the revival of spending from sponsoring a corresponding revival of employment.
Patents Are Property Rights
Ayn Rand’s genius was to recognize that man’s mind is his basic means of survival, that production is the application of reason to the problem of survival, and thus that all property is logically intellectual property at root.
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.
