Defending Freedom, Fighting Collectivism
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Liberalism Needs No Enemies
“Minds can be creative or destructive. Be right-minded. Stop justifying grievances. Embrace liberalism. Value voluntary cooperation; as you help others flourish, you will flourish.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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Who Owns Alexander Hamilton?
“Perhaps the most important thing to understand about Alexander Hamilton today, however, is that he did not, repeat, did not, espouse massive government, militarism, or protective tariffs.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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People Should be “Seething Mad” Over COVID – And Much More
“The government’s authoritarian COVID policies are just the most visible proof that it’s a terrible idea to turn anything of importance over to government control.” ~ George Leef
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The Calling of Classical Liberal Researchers: Remind Your Neighbor
“Classical liberals who lead research endeavors need to persuade not only fellow researchers, but the audience of the research, including the anti-liberal minefield of academia.” ~ Daniel B. Klein
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What the US Can Learn From Taiwan’s Success in Chip Manufacturing
“Taiwan’s semiconductor companies succeeded not because of grants and subsidies, but from their ability to innovate and respond to the pressures of a competitive market.” ~ Larisa Jacono
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Slavery and the 1619 Project: Phil Magness on Words & Numbers (Part Two)
“Phil Magness joins AIER Senior Editor James Harrigan and Antony Davies on the Words & Numbers podcast to discuss how the 1619 Project gets the history of, and the relationship between, slavery and capitalism wrong.” ~ AIER
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Faucism’s New Deal Origins
“Many Americans want to ‘drain the swamp,’ and need to find a way to do so before the swamp drains them of the remnants of their individual autonomy and bank accounts.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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The Tooth-Fairy Economics of Slavery Reparations
“If the US government tried to implement the reparations program that the 1619 Project espouses, we would get huge increases in both taxes and inflation. Yet the key economist advising on this proposal denies that any taxes would have to increase.” ~ David R. Henderson and Phillip W. Magness
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This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Directionalists vs. Destinationists
“Being proud of the purity of your positions by defining Friedman, Stigler (and Munger, let’s face it) as ‘reds’ is a recipe for well-deserved irrelevance in a system governed by numerical majorities.” ~ Michael C. Munger
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ESG as an Artifact of ZIRP
“Although it is unlikely to disappear completely, the ESG fad is probably past the crest of its popularity. It’s time again for firms to focus, singularly and completely, on the inestimable task of making money.” ~ Peter C. Earle
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Liberalism Needs No Enemies
“Minds can be creative or destructive. Be right-minded. Stop justifying grievances. Embrace liberalism. Value voluntary cooperation; as you help others flourish, you will flourish.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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•
Who Owns Alexander Hamilton?
“Perhaps the most important thing to understand about Alexander Hamilton today, however, is that he did not, repeat, did not, espouse massive government, militarism, or protective tariffs.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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•
People Should be “Seething Mad” Over COVID – And Much More
“The government’s authoritarian COVID policies are just the most visible proof that it’s a terrible idea to turn anything of importance over to government control.” ~ George Leef
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The Calling of Classical Liberal Researchers: Remind Your Neighbor
“Classical liberals who lead research endeavors need to persuade not only fellow researchers, but the audience of the research, including the anti-liberal minefield of academia.” ~ Daniel B. Klein
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What the US Can Learn From Taiwan’s Success in Chip Manufacturing
“Taiwan’s semiconductor companies succeeded not because of grants and subsidies, but from their ability to innovate and respond to the pressures of a competitive market.” ~ Larisa Jacono
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Slavery and the 1619 Project: Phil Magness on Words & Numbers (Part Two)
“Phil Magness joins AIER Senior Editor James Harrigan and Antony Davies on the Words & Numbers podcast to discuss how the 1619 Project gets the history of, and the relationship between, slavery and capitalism wrong.” ~ AIER
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•
Faucism’s New Deal Origins
“Many Americans want to ‘drain the swamp,’ and need to find a way to do so before the swamp drains them of the remnants of their individual autonomy and bank accounts.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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•
The Tooth-Fairy Economics of Slavery Reparations
“If the US government tried to implement the reparations program that the 1619 Project espouses, we would get huge increases in both taxes and inflation. Yet the key economist advising on this proposal denies that any taxes would have to increase.” ~ David R. Henderson and Phillip W. Magness
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This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Directionalists vs. Destinationists
“Being proud of the purity of your positions by defining Friedman, Stigler (and Munger, let’s face it) as ‘reds’ is a recipe for well-deserved irrelevance in a system governed by numerical majorities.” ~ Michael C. Munger
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ESG as an Artifact of ZIRP
“Although it is unlikely to disappear completely, the ESG fad is probably past the crest of its popularity. It’s time again for firms to focus, singularly and completely, on the inestimable task of making money.” ~ Peter C. Earle