Free Markets
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Capitalism Is Also About Sharing
There is no limit to the examples of the distinction between what must be economized and what need not be. We need to develop the capacity to know the difference.
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Capitalism in Three Principles
Michael Munger found it useful to summarize the argument for capitalism briefly, and in some ways superficially.
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The Unending Creativity of the Spider-Verse
So long as there are new ways to think about the conflict between someone who has been bitten by a radioactive spider, a crime lord who has lost his family, and a mad scientist with mechanical tentacles, there will be room for economic progress.
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How Police Often Make Roads Unsafe
The core issue is twofold: public ownership of the roads and no stockholders/owners in charge of security services who are answerable to consumers. The result is exactly what you get from socialism: random chaos, coercion, and lack of accountability.
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There Is No Faith Without Volition
The core of all three major religions is on individual faith, independently arrived at conclusions arrived at through persuasion, and the voluntary pursuit of worship. This is something to be celebrated, along with Passover, Easter, Bara’a Night, or whatever you have voluntarily decide to believe is holy.
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Free Market Liberalism Is Needed More Than Ever
Various political and ideological trends have often seemed inevitable and irreversible — until they have changed! And it can happen again — if only friends of freedom at least try.
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Supporting Free Markets Means Rejecting Perfect Competition
The theoretical perfection of markets is not a valid argument against government intervention, nor is it a valid reason for governments to intervene in service of that ideal.
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US Charges Against Facebook Threaten Social-Media Economic Model (Video)
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Facebook with the claim that the company is guilty of redlining. At issue are the tools that allow advertisers to target ads. The problem is that this attack fundamentally threatens the economic model that makes social media work.
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The Market Provides the Optimal Amount of Family Leave
Why do some conservatives believe that family leave plan is necessary in the first place?
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Do You Have a Right to Repair? Yes and No
This is not the free market at work. It is government intervention that steals the language of market competition to invalidate property rights and contracts.
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Capitalism Is Also About Sharing
There is no limit to the examples of the distinction between what must be economized and what need not be. We need to develop the capacity to know the difference.
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•
Capitalism in Three Principles
Michael Munger found it useful to summarize the argument for capitalism briefly, and in some ways superficially.
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•
The Unending Creativity of the Spider-Verse
So long as there are new ways to think about the conflict between someone who has been bitten by a radioactive spider, a crime lord who has lost his family, and a mad scientist with mechanical tentacles, there will be room for economic progress.
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How Police Often Make Roads Unsafe
The core issue is twofold: public ownership of the roads and no stockholders/owners in charge of security services who are answerable to consumers. The result is exactly what you get from socialism: random chaos, coercion, and lack of accountability.
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There Is No Faith Without Volition
The core of all three major religions is on individual faith, independently arrived at conclusions arrived at through persuasion, and the voluntary pursuit of worship. This is something to be celebrated, along with Passover, Easter, Bara’a Night, or whatever you have voluntarily decide to believe is holy.
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Free Market Liberalism Is Needed More Than Ever
Various political and ideological trends have often seemed inevitable and irreversible — until they have changed! And it can happen again — if only friends of freedom at least try.
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•
Supporting Free Markets Means Rejecting Perfect Competition
The theoretical perfection of markets is not a valid argument against government intervention, nor is it a valid reason for governments to intervene in service of that ideal.
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•
US Charges Against Facebook Threaten Social-Media Economic Model (Video)
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Facebook with the claim that the company is guilty of redlining. At issue are the tools that allow advertisers to target ads. The problem is that this attack fundamentally threatens the economic model that makes social media work.
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•
The Market Provides the Optimal Amount of Family Leave
Why do some conservatives believe that family leave plan is necessary in the first place?
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•
Do You Have a Right to Repair? Yes and No
This is not the free market at work. It is government intervention that steals the language of market competition to invalidate property rights and contracts.