Free Markets
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No, Society Does Not Need Unity
To understand the awesome power of heterogeneity is to adopt a different outlook on society itself. It is to embrace the core liberal claim: society doesn’t need top-down management, because it contains within itself the capacity for its own management.
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Voting Is Not Self-Expression
Voting may be many things, but the least of them is self-expression. Conceding the sufficiency of multi-billion dollar political contests among highly vetted, meticulously-coached candidates is a guaranteed road to self-negation.
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Advertisers, Press Furious at Facebook Over Its Video “Mistakes”
As users have started losing confidence in Facebook after the firm’s decision to purge hundreds of popular pages from the platform, it will be only a matter of time until a strong competitor enters the picture.
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The Economic Color Blindness of the Sears Catalog
Sears played an important role in circumventing the institutionalized racial discrimination of the Jim Crow South.
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Let There Be Light!
Light, as we know it today, is a commodity. That would not have been possible without the institutional prerequisites — freedom to create, own, and exchange — that built the modernity we too often take for granted.
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The Epic Battle to Control Your Thoughts
No authority can substitute for the activity, creativity, and adaptability of the human mind.
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The Rise of Capitalism and the Dignity of Labor
Free market liberalism not only has brought about growing prosperity for more of humanity, but has cultivated a more polite and respectful society to accompany the material betterment of the human condition.
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Uber Faces Tough Competition
We have all heard the tales of aggressive competitiveness between Uber and Lyft in the United States, with the latter accusing the world’s leading ride-sharing company of unethical behavior. But what you may have not heard is that Uber’s top competitor in India, Ola, is expanding, prompting Uber to seek a merger in other regions…
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Free Enterprise, Not Free Tuition
Making college free would be a big mistake, but there are ways to help people that combine the power of free markets, the strength of communities, and the value of a good education.
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No, Society Does Not Need Unity
To understand the awesome power of heterogeneity is to adopt a different outlook on society itself. It is to embrace the core liberal claim: society doesn’t need top-down management, because it contains within itself the capacity for its own management.
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•
Voting Is Not Self-Expression
Voting may be many things, but the least of them is self-expression. Conceding the sufficiency of multi-billion dollar political contests among highly vetted, meticulously-coached candidates is a guaranteed road to self-negation.
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•
Advertisers, Press Furious at Facebook Over Its Video “Mistakes”
As users have started losing confidence in Facebook after the firm’s decision to purge hundreds of popular pages from the platform, it will be only a matter of time until a strong competitor enters the picture.
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The Economic Color Blindness of the Sears Catalog
Sears played an important role in circumventing the institutionalized racial discrimination of the Jim Crow South.
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•
Let There Be Light!
Light, as we know it today, is a commodity. That would not have been possible without the institutional prerequisites — freedom to create, own, and exchange — that built the modernity we too often take for granted.
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•
The Epic Battle to Control Your Thoughts
No authority can substitute for the activity, creativity, and adaptability of the human mind.
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•
The Rise of Capitalism and the Dignity of Labor
Free market liberalism not only has brought about growing prosperity for more of humanity, but has cultivated a more polite and respectful society to accompany the material betterment of the human condition.
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•
Uber Faces Tough Competition
We have all heard the tales of aggressive competitiveness between Uber and Lyft in the United States, with the latter accusing the world’s leading ride-sharing company of unethical behavior. But what you may have not heard is that Uber’s top competitor in India, Ola, is expanding, prompting Uber to seek a merger in other regions…
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•
Free Enterprise, Not Free Tuition
Making college free would be a big mistake, but there are ways to help people that combine the power of free markets, the strength of communities, and the value of a good education.