Free Markets
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Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich, Eh? Four Canadian Innovators and Their Achievements
“These are hardly the stories of hardened enemies of society. Their ‘crimes’ are like those of the American Robber Barons: They found new ways to give people goods and services they wanted at prices they were willing to pay.” ~ Art Carden
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Misjudging Nudging
“The problem is not that we are allowed to make too many of our own choices. The problem is government, and the real solution is the opposite of what nudgers propose: expanding liberty.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Making US Foreign Policy About Americans
“Policymakers should put the interests of the American people first. How to best protect them? Remember the disasters resulting from Washington’s recent string of endless wars, and ponder the coming fiscal tsunami.” ~ Doug Bandow
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Spain – Like Most European Countries – Is Choked by Labor Market Regulations
“In the dual labor market system many workers take on temporary contracts that are consistently prone to economic shocks and downturns. Freeing up the labor market would reduce the gap between temporary and permanent work.” ~ Michael N. Peterson
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Efficiency Means More than Using the Existing Stock of Resources Well
“In an open market economy, the stock of resources will never be fixed. The size and contents of that stock will change over time and that change is appropriately reckoned to be a result of the economic system.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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P.J. O’Rourke Taught Me How ‘Unfairly’ Great American Life Is
“In a world of nearly 8 billion people, many of whom have never even flipped on a light, my daughter was born American. So was I. It wasn’t O’Rourke’s most memorable or even funny quip, but the view here is that it was easily his most important.” ~ John Tamny
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Book Review: Chris Herring’s ‘Blood In the Garden’
“Hopefully Chris Herring follows up his book with one that covers the Knicks teams that came after the ones of the 1990s; that, or Herring’s book inspires a look by someone else into what became of what was once so great, and such a joy to watch.” ~ John Tamny
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Walter Williams: A Legacy of Liberty
“Professor Williams’ research shows how powerful the concept of liberty is, and how it should remain a strong tool as America continues to race on its mission to provide opportunities for people around the world.” ~ John Sibley Butler
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Re-Working Supply Chains Requires Thinking Differently
“What is obvious is that a one-size-fits-all approach will not work – it doesn’t work for marketing, it doesn’t work for management, it doesn’t work for industries and risk mitigation, and it certainly doesn’t work for supply chain management.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson
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Do We Have A Climate “Crisis” Only Because We’re So Comfortable?
“It’s sad that creating an increasingly comfortable world isn’t a grand enough battle to capture human attention and spirit. But as always in politics, we must take humans as they are, not as we wish they were.” ~ James E. Hanley
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Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich, Eh? Four Canadian Innovators and Their Achievements
“These are hardly the stories of hardened enemies of society. Their ‘crimes’ are like those of the American Robber Barons: They found new ways to give people goods and services they wanted at prices they were willing to pay.” ~ Art Carden
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Misjudging Nudging
“The problem is not that we are allowed to make too many of our own choices. The problem is government, and the real solution is the opposite of what nudgers propose: expanding liberty.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Making US Foreign Policy About Americans
“Policymakers should put the interests of the American people first. How to best protect them? Remember the disasters resulting from Washington’s recent string of endless wars, and ponder the coming fiscal tsunami.” ~ Doug Bandow
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Spain – Like Most European Countries – Is Choked by Labor Market Regulations
“In the dual labor market system many workers take on temporary contracts that are consistently prone to economic shocks and downturns. Freeing up the labor market would reduce the gap between temporary and permanent work.” ~ Michael N. Peterson
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Efficiency Means More than Using the Existing Stock of Resources Well
“In an open market economy, the stock of resources will never be fixed. The size and contents of that stock will change over time and that change is appropriately reckoned to be a result of the economic system.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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P.J. O’Rourke Taught Me How ‘Unfairly’ Great American Life Is
“In a world of nearly 8 billion people, many of whom have never even flipped on a light, my daughter was born American. So was I. It wasn’t O’Rourke’s most memorable or even funny quip, but the view here is that it was easily his most important.” ~ John Tamny
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Book Review: Chris Herring’s ‘Blood In the Garden’
“Hopefully Chris Herring follows up his book with one that covers the Knicks teams that came after the ones of the 1990s; that, or Herring’s book inspires a look by someone else into what became of what was once so great, and such a joy to watch.” ~ John Tamny
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Walter Williams: A Legacy of Liberty
“Professor Williams’ research shows how powerful the concept of liberty is, and how it should remain a strong tool as America continues to race on its mission to provide opportunities for people around the world.” ~ John Sibley Butler
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Re-Working Supply Chains Requires Thinking Differently
“What is obvious is that a one-size-fits-all approach will not work – it doesn’t work for marketing, it doesn’t work for management, it doesn’t work for industries and risk mitigation, and it certainly doesn’t work for supply chain management.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson
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Do We Have A Climate “Crisis” Only Because We’re So Comfortable?
“It’s sad that creating an increasingly comfortable world isn’t a grand enough battle to capture human attention and spirit. But as always in politics, we must take humans as they are, not as we wish they were.” ~ James E. Hanley