Economic History
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In the Land of the Free, Americans are Still Fighting for the Freedom to Pump Gas
“The claim that pumping fuel is some kind of safety hazard is of course even sillier today than it was in 1949.” ~ Jon Miltimore
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Adam Smith Provided a Moral Foundation for Workers’ Freedoms
“The moral proposition is that it is good for individuals to be free to work and contract as they choose. The economic proposition is that such freedom generates spectacular wealth.” ~ David McGarry
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Where Did Early 20th Century Japan Go Wrong?
“Japan embraced economic liberalization for some time, but lacked the necessary liberal political institutions that could sustain an open economy and temper overseas aggression.” ~ Jedediah Pida-Reese
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Critical Theory and The Frankfurt School: The Neo-Marxist Roots of WOKE
Kate Wand invites Phil Magness to discuss the origins of critical theory, which is a neo-Marxist school of thought born in the Frankfurt School in 1923.
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Individualism and ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’
“Collectivist ideologies are ultimately nothing but fantastical escapes from reality, filled with promises of freedom from scarcity and alienation in one’s work.” ~ Jedediah Pida-Reese
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The Surprising Beneficiaries of American Slavery
“The late economist Walter E. Williams said that slavery was the worst thing ever to happen to his ancestors, but the best thing ever to happen to him.” ~ Charley Hooper and David R. Henderson
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A Brief History of Social Justice
“The underlying problem with social justice is the failure to distinguish between negative rights, which protect liberty and property, and positive rights, which provide a license to violate established negative rights.” ~ Robert F. Mulligan
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Imperial Monetary Policy and the Independence Movement
“The road to independence, the Imperial Crisis as some term it, began with resistance to the Stamp Act, which indeed was a type of tax but not, on its face, a particularly onerous one. So the key to understanding the independence movement is to understand why the colonists reacted to the Stamp Act as vigorously…
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Announcing New Deal Rebels, edited by Amity Shlaes
“Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’ administration had a transformative impact on American society and the understanding of the government’s role in it. AIER was similarly founded during the same era and in response to that changing nature of government. ” ~ William Ruger
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The Collapse of the USSR Was One the Best Things that Happened to the Environment
“These proportions suggest that the collapse of the USSR was an incredibly cheap climate-change mitigation ‘policy.’ Indeed, the mitigation was itself a benefit to economic growth rather than a cost.” ~ Vincent Geloso
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In the Land of the Free, Americans are Still Fighting for the Freedom to Pump Gas
“The claim that pumping fuel is some kind of safety hazard is of course even sillier today than it was in 1949.” ~ Jon Miltimore
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•
Adam Smith Provided a Moral Foundation for Workers’ Freedoms
“The moral proposition is that it is good for individuals to be free to work and contract as they choose. The economic proposition is that such freedom generates spectacular wealth.” ~ David McGarry
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Where Did Early 20th Century Japan Go Wrong?
“Japan embraced economic liberalization for some time, but lacked the necessary liberal political institutions that could sustain an open economy and temper overseas aggression.” ~ Jedediah Pida-Reese
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Critical Theory and The Frankfurt School: The Neo-Marxist Roots of WOKE
Kate Wand invites Phil Magness to discuss the origins of critical theory, which is a neo-Marxist school of thought born in the Frankfurt School in 1923.
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•
Individualism and ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’
“Collectivist ideologies are ultimately nothing but fantastical escapes from reality, filled with promises of freedom from scarcity and alienation in one’s work.” ~ Jedediah Pida-Reese
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The Surprising Beneficiaries of American Slavery
“The late economist Walter E. Williams said that slavery was the worst thing ever to happen to his ancestors, but the best thing ever to happen to him.” ~ Charley Hooper and David R. Henderson
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A Brief History of Social Justice
“The underlying problem with social justice is the failure to distinguish between negative rights, which protect liberty and property, and positive rights, which provide a license to violate established negative rights.” ~ Robert F. Mulligan
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•
Imperial Monetary Policy and the Independence Movement
“The road to independence, the Imperial Crisis as some term it, began with resistance to the Stamp Act, which indeed was a type of tax but not, on its face, a particularly onerous one. So the key to understanding the independence movement is to understand why the colonists reacted to the Stamp Act as vigorously…
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Announcing New Deal Rebels, edited by Amity Shlaes
“Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’ administration had a transformative impact on American society and the understanding of the government’s role in it. AIER was similarly founded during the same era and in response to that changing nature of government. ” ~ William Ruger
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The Collapse of the USSR Was One the Best Things that Happened to the Environment
“These proportions suggest that the collapse of the USSR was an incredibly cheap climate-change mitigation ‘policy.’ Indeed, the mitigation was itself a benefit to economic growth rather than a cost.” ~ Vincent Geloso