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Anti-Trumpites for Trump
Harris is the most anti-American Progressive that has ever gained the nomination of a major political party in American history.
A Conversation with Leonard Peikoff About the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
The world’s leading expert on Ayn Rand’s philosophy Objectivism, founder of the Ayn Rand Institute, Leonard Peikoff, speaks with James Valliant about Donald Trump and why he is voting against anti-American Progressive Democrat Kamala Harris.
The Fraudulent Elections in Georgia
The people of Georgia, among the most wonderful in the world, are being let down by their own country’s appeasement of Russia.
Unreal(ized) Capital Gains Tax: an Economic Earthquake In the Making
A tax on unrealized capital gains constitutes an end-run on rights of private property and subverts fundamental market principles by taxing assets not yet sold or converted into income.
Counting on FEMA is a Second Disaster
By decentralizing disaster relief, we can build a system that is more effective and more in line with the principles of federalism and limited government — principles that have been proven to lead to greater prosperity for all.
Clarity on the Morality of Capitalism
The moral code capitalism rests on is rational egoism, first identified by Aristotle and further developed by others, most extensively by Ayn Rand.
The Outlook for the Future of Capitalism (Part 10 of 10)
Let the advocates of capitalism proceed in the knowledge not only that socialism is dead, but also that what the world still needs to learn is why capitalism deserves to live.
A General Campaign at the Local Level for Laissez-Faire Capitalism (Part 9 of 10)
What would be required to restore New York to its former prosperity and greatness would be the combination of the elimination of public welfare, the abolition of rent controls, and the privatization of the city’s transportation system.
There Are Not 13,099 Illegal Immigrant Murderers Roaming Free on American Streets
Commentators focused on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) letter claim that ICE did not detain 13,099 migrants convicted of homicide, tended to misunderstand the data.
A Pro-Capitalist Foreign Policy (Part 7 of 10)
In the present-day world, a procapitalist foreign policy is indistinguishable from a pro-American foreign policy.
Abolition of Income and Inheritance Taxes Under Capitalism (Part 5 of 10)
A possible way to start on the elimination of the income/inheritance tax right now would be to fight for the immediate adoption of a universal exemption of at least 51 percent of everyone’s income from federal, state, and local income taxation under all circumstances.
Capitalism and the Abolition of the Welfare State (Part 4 of 10)
The savings of individuals would steadily replace taxes as the source of provision for old age.
Privatization of Property: Importance of Fighting on Basis of Principles (Part 2 of 10)
The privatization of property is the most fundamental aspect of a procapitalist political program
Toward the Establishment of Laissez-Faire Capitalism (Part 1 of 10)
If a laissez-faire capitalist society is to be achieved, a political movement pursuing a long-range program will be necessary.
The Gold Standard, Not Price Controls, Can End Rising Prices
The Republicans need to show that (1) the Democrats, not businessmen, are responsible for rising prices and that (2) what is needed to end rising prices is not price controls but the gold standard.
Taylor Swift, Brittany Mahomes, Politics, and the Value of Friendship
The idea that Taylor Swift, who on Tuesday endorsed Kamala Harris for president, should purge from her life people, like Brittany Mahomes, who don’t share her political beliefs is not a healthy or enlightened one.
Alex Epstein’s Summer Talking Points: Gasoline Prices
Any politician who supports the “net zero” agenda is working to make gasoline prices much higher.
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
The late Dr. John Lewis read this statement to his class on September 12, 2001 — the day after America was attacked by Islamic Jihadists. His words are all the more relevant today.
In Defence of Big Business
The failure to distinguish between economic power and political power leads people to believe that large corporations have grown through coercion.
“New Right” vs. Free-Markets and Capitalism
The “New Right” faction argues for increased government intervention in the economy, protectionist measures, and the strengthening of monopoly labor unions.
The Curious Case of Typhoid Mary Revisited
Typhoid was ultimately conquered not by jails but by sanitation, hygiene, and antibiotics.
The Myth of the Free-Market US Health Sector
Conti, Frank, and Cutler shatter the common myths that the United States has “largely unregulated prices” for medical care or is “one of the only developed countries where health care is left mostly to the free market.”
To Reduce Political Violence, Fight Statism
This politicization of personal choice is the essence of statism. In “The Roots of War,” Ayn Rand explained statism’s results: “The degree of statism in a country’s political system, is the degree to which it breaks up the country into rival gangs and sets men against one another.”
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