Defending Freedom, Fighting Collectivism
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Trump Administration’s Foolish Educational Autarky: United States Should Welcome Chinese Students
Hosting foreign students builds our economic and scientific edge, but exposing young people to our liberty and opportunity makes the whole world better off.
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The Resurgence of Do It Yourself Economics
Many national fiscal policies are steeped in lore and dogma, immune to the reasoned objections of actual economists.
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Xi Jinping Braces For Struggle
China’s strongman leader is purging his advisors again, looking politically insecure amid demographic and economic decline.
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Is the EU a Free Trade Zone?
Despite promises of integration, the European Union remains riddled with costly trade restrictions, including tariffs as high as Trump’s.
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The Spiritual Battle Between Communism and Capitalism
Like Elijah and the prophets of Baal, these two competing systems brought irreconcilable spiritual roots to the fight.
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What’s Driving Bipartisan Cancel Culture (And How Do We Get Out)?
Cultivating a culture of courage, a willingness to hear one another’s ideas, can throw a wrench into the whole censorious groupthink machine.
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Trade Negotiations aren’t Chess, Poker, or Go. They’re Bridge.
Chess is zero-sum and strictly competitive. Trade is collaborative; its foundational principles are voluntary exchange and mutual advantage.
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The Benefits of Expertise — and Its Limitations
Specific knowledge matters, but it thrives when people are allowed to question dominant ideas and to look for better theories.
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Could Adopting Collectivist Activism Undo Classical Liberalism?
Some argue radical tactics are needed, before the polite, restrained civil libertarians are overrun by their less-principled opponents.
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When Pol Pot Read a Book on Marx
Pol Pot was a well-meaning monster, an idealistic revolutionary who studied in Paris and believed he could purify Cambodia. He wanted to build a better world for the poor — even if millions had to die.
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Trump Administration’s Foolish Educational Autarky: United States Should Welcome Chinese Students
Hosting foreign students builds our economic and scientific edge, but exposing young people to our liberty and opportunity makes the whole world better off.
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•
The Resurgence of Do It Yourself Economics
Many national fiscal policies are steeped in lore and dogma, immune to the reasoned objections of actual economists.
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•
Xi Jinping Braces For Struggle
China’s strongman leader is purging his advisors again, looking politically insecure amid demographic and economic decline.
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•
Is the EU a Free Trade Zone?
Despite promises of integration, the European Union remains riddled with costly trade restrictions, including tariffs as high as Trump’s.
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•
The Spiritual Battle Between Communism and Capitalism
Like Elijah and the prophets of Baal, these two competing systems brought irreconcilable spiritual roots to the fight.
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•
What’s Driving Bipartisan Cancel Culture (And How Do We Get Out)?
Cultivating a culture of courage, a willingness to hear one another’s ideas, can throw a wrench into the whole censorious groupthink machine.
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•
Trade Negotiations aren’t Chess, Poker, or Go. They’re Bridge.
Chess is zero-sum and strictly competitive. Trade is collaborative; its foundational principles are voluntary exchange and mutual advantage.
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•
The Benefits of Expertise — and Its Limitations
Specific knowledge matters, but it thrives when people are allowed to question dominant ideas and to look for better theories.
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•
Could Adopting Collectivist Activism Undo Classical Liberalism?
Some argue radical tactics are needed, before the polite, restrained civil libertarians are overrun by their less-principled opponents.
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•
When Pol Pot Read a Book on Marx
Pol Pot was a well-meaning monster, an idealistic revolutionary who studied in Paris and believed he could purify Cambodia. He wanted to build a better world for the poor — even if millions had to die.