Barry Brownstein
Contributor
Barry Brownstein is professor emeritus of economics and leadership at the University of Baltimore.
He is the author of The Inner-Work of Leadership, and his essays have appeared in publications such as the Foundation for Economic Education and Intellectual Takeout.
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Mao’s Children: How Revolutionary Zeal Is Still Warping Young Minds
From Mao’s China to modern campuses, passions unchecked by reason have destroyed freedom and humanity alike. Leonard Read and David Hume help explain why.
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Adam Smith on Duty and ‘the Great Division’ of the Human Spirit
Adam Smith saw that civilization advances or declines based on our sense of duty and our ability to rise above fleeting emotions.
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New Yorkers Flirt with Socialist Grocery Store Scheme
Government grocery stores have been tried before, but markets stock our store shelves with affordable staples for less than two percent profit.
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Nazis Teach Us How to Defeat Them
Freedom from coercion, not illusive freedom from scarcity or fear, will protect us from the dangerous escalation of antisemitism.
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The Steep Price of Declining Civility
Alexandra Hudson’s ‘The Soul of Civility’ reminds us that our everyday moral habits shape not just personal character, but the very health of civilization.
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Adam Smith vs. the Tariff State: A Timeless Case for Free Trade
Adam Smith’s principles, far more than Trump’s passions, are attuned to the principles of human flourishing.
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David Hume’s Stark Warning: Reason Serves Passion
Hume argues our passions make decisions first, and then we use reason to justify what our emotions have decided.
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How the Government Makes Vaccines Less Safe
Liability waivers and government schedules undermine natural market incentives to prioritize vaccine safety.
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The Liberation of Auschwitz: 80 Years Later
To keep the promise “Never Again,” we must not only be watchful for true evil, but understand how good people lost their humanity.
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Is There Hope in Politics?
Political avarice, sanctioned robbery, coercive control: such is the nature of government, and always has been. We already know the cure.
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Mao’s Children: How Revolutionary Zeal Is Still Warping Young Minds
From Mao’s China to modern campuses, passions unchecked by reason have destroyed freedom and humanity alike. Leonard Read and David Hume help explain why.
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•
Adam Smith on Duty and ‘the Great Division’ of the Human Spirit
Adam Smith saw that civilization advances or declines based on our sense of duty and our ability to rise above fleeting emotions.
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•
New Yorkers Flirt with Socialist Grocery Store Scheme
Government grocery stores have been tried before, but markets stock our store shelves with affordable staples for less than two percent profit.
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•
Nazis Teach Us How to Defeat Them
Freedom from coercion, not illusive freedom from scarcity or fear, will protect us from the dangerous escalation of antisemitism.
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•
The Steep Price of Declining Civility
Alexandra Hudson’s ‘The Soul of Civility’ reminds us that our everyday moral habits shape not just personal character, but the very health of civilization.
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•
Adam Smith vs. the Tariff State: A Timeless Case for Free Trade
Adam Smith’s principles, far more than Trump’s passions, are attuned to the principles of human flourishing.
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•
David Hume’s Stark Warning: Reason Serves Passion
Hume argues our passions make decisions first, and then we use reason to justify what our emotions have decided.
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•
How the Government Makes Vaccines Less Safe
Liability waivers and government schedules undermine natural market incentives to prioritize vaccine safety.
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•
The Liberation of Auschwitz: 80 Years Later
To keep the promise “Never Again,” we must not only be watchful for true evil, but understand how good people lost their humanity.
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•
Is There Hope in Politics?
Political avarice, sanctioned robbery, coercive control: such is the nature of government, and always has been. We already know the cure.