A new semester, and a new class of business ethics, has begun. In my class, we initially discuss concrete examples of ethical dilemmas in business before delving into the main moral codes and the values and principles they comprise, to learn how they provide guidance...
Business is a moral endeavor that makes human life immeasurably better.
While Amazon has every right to choose how to compensate its workers, this minimum wage increase and Bezos’ encouraging the federal government to do the same are wrong.
We have entered an age where substance has not only taken a back seat to style, but has been left completely on the side of the road
The Best Short and Long Run Policy: Limited Government
A business can gain a temporary advantage by appeasing popular views that fly in the face of facts, but…
Government planners fail to “manage” market economies as the indicators they use are themselves false signals hiding from view the reality of the complex market system.
Democracy and freedom are frequently heralded as being synonyms. An important question, however, is, What do these concepts mean, and are they in fact synonymous?
Ayn Rand argues that we must pursue self-interest—our rational values—because our lives depend on it.
It is the wealth creation by companies that has helped reduce poverty to its lowest levels in history.
Originally founded for the legitimate purpose of improving working conditions and helping negotiate wages, labor unions have substituted that purpose for entrenching the power of their leaders and the entitlements for their senior members.
In the middle of July 2018, President Donald Trump said in an interview that he was “not happy” with the Federal Reserve nudging up interest rates and threatening economic growth in the United States. At the recent Jackson Hole, Wyoming, meeting of global central bank...
The Giving Pledge is immoral because it is based on the idea that those who have legitimately created wealth by trading values with others have not earned it and must “give it back.”
The competitive advantage of the company lies in the minds of its employees.
There are simple and clear fiscal benefits to a government that issues a gold bond.
The fact is, while the U.S. and the major European countries have emphasized the idea and benefits from free trade, all of these governments impose various types of tariff and other barriers to shelter selected sectors of their respective economies.
What is the fundamental issue is: monetary central planning – with its embarrassingly awful one hundred year track record with paper monies – or getting government’s direct or indirect hand off the handle of the monetary printing press.
A trade war may also finally prompt China to do the smart thing and dump its trillion-plus holdings of U.S.
Had the government regulators not approved Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto, human flourishing would have diminished.
Instead of enforcing the Constitution and using its authority against the British Columbia government and protesters initiating physical force against Kinder Morgan property and its employees, Trudeau stayed true to what he said prior to the last election: “Governments might grant permits, but only communities can grant permission.”
Elimination of the trade deficit will be a hollow victory if it results in a significant reduction in living standards.
Banks to stop financing fossil fuel development: Sound investment decisions vs. virtue signaling?
The world may be on the brink of a series of trade wars between the United States and both the European Union and China. All the parties say they don’t want this — though President has asserted that trade wars are not a problem and easy to win. That remains to be...
The Public “Flogging” of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
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