Socialism
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Dollarization without Fiscal Prudence Is Not Possible. With Fiscal Prudence, It’s not Necessary.
“Argentinean problems are first political, then fiscal, and then monetary, and they need to be solved in the same order.” ~Leonidas Zelmanovitz
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How Did the Social Justice Movement Take Hold?
Join Kate Wand and Barry Brownstein as they discuss the ideological roots of the contemporary social justice movement, emerging from a zero-sum political philosophy of grievance.
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A Short ESG Guide: Terms
“While I have attempted to clarify the ESG advocates’ terms, the devil is in the details. One of the weakest parts of ESG is the ambiguity and disagreement, even among its advocates, as to how to define and measure many of their objectives.” ~Paul Mueller
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Why Adam Smith Would Have Been a Baseball Fan
“A player who fails with the bat two out of three times becomes a superstar. Likewise, a market economy also creates the possibility of failure.” ~Paul McDonnold
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Argentina’s Canary in the Coalmine
“How can one compare the US to Argentina, which has suffered a century of political instability, and has been a darling of IMF case studies for the past 40 years?” ~Nikolai G. Wenzel and Valentina Yayi Morales
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You’re No Einstein, Einstein
“While he does seem to have intuited that socialism increased the dangers of authoritarian government, he doesn’t seem to have fully grasped that what he sought were two goals in fundamental tension.” ~James A. Hanley
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There Are No Democratic Socialists And No Liberal Dictators
“The dictator who finishes off democracy is not an enlightened individual. A dictator can then indeed liberalize, but this will not be from a true commitment to political or economic liberty.” ~Vincent Geloso
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Utopia and Parallels of History
“History is full of instructive examples that reveal the conditions that allow for both human flourishing and those that end catastrophically.” ~ Emile Phaneuf III
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A Book to Remind Us of the Evils of Socialism
“Americans who have read that they’re quite good (the Cuban regime still gets mostly favorable press) will be dismayed to read that living conditions are in fact bad and getting worse.” ~ George Leef
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Hayek Helps Us Understand Why People Are Losing Their Minds
“Today, the extended order is breaking down. As order breaks down, so do our powers of reason. Many are willing to be taught to have disgust for those outside their tribe.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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Dollarization without Fiscal Prudence Is Not Possible. With Fiscal Prudence, It’s not Necessary.
“Argentinean problems are first political, then fiscal, and then monetary, and they need to be solved in the same order.” ~Leonidas Zelmanovitz
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How Did the Social Justice Movement Take Hold?
Join Kate Wand and Barry Brownstein as they discuss the ideological roots of the contemporary social justice movement, emerging from a zero-sum political philosophy of grievance.
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•
A Short ESG Guide: Terms
“While I have attempted to clarify the ESG advocates’ terms, the devil is in the details. One of the weakest parts of ESG is the ambiguity and disagreement, even among its advocates, as to how to define and measure many of their objectives.” ~Paul Mueller
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Why Adam Smith Would Have Been a Baseball Fan
“A player who fails with the bat two out of three times becomes a superstar. Likewise, a market economy also creates the possibility of failure.” ~Paul McDonnold
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Argentina’s Canary in the Coalmine
“How can one compare the US to Argentina, which has suffered a century of political instability, and has been a darling of IMF case studies for the past 40 years?” ~Nikolai G. Wenzel and Valentina Yayi Morales
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You’re No Einstein, Einstein
“While he does seem to have intuited that socialism increased the dangers of authoritarian government, he doesn’t seem to have fully grasped that what he sought were two goals in fundamental tension.” ~James A. Hanley
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There Are No Democratic Socialists And No Liberal Dictators
“The dictator who finishes off democracy is not an enlightened individual. A dictator can then indeed liberalize, but this will not be from a true commitment to political or economic liberty.” ~Vincent Geloso
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Utopia and Parallels of History
“History is full of instructive examples that reveal the conditions that allow for both human flourishing and those that end catastrophically.” ~ Emile Phaneuf III
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A Book to Remind Us of the Evils of Socialism
“Americans who have read that they’re quite good (the Cuban regime still gets mostly favorable press) will be dismayed to read that living conditions are in fact bad and getting worse.” ~ George Leef
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Hayek Helps Us Understand Why People Are Losing Their Minds
“Today, the extended order is breaking down. As order breaks down, so do our powers of reason. Many are willing to be taught to have disgust for those outside their tribe.” ~ Barry Brownstein