Inequality Doesn’t Create Poverty
When egalitarians like Oxfam say some people are "worse off," they really mean those people are getting rich more slowly than some others.
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Oxfam’s Hypocrisy on Private Wealth
By Oxfam's methods, anyone with a few bucks in the bank is causing poverty for the bottom 10%. Oxfam, of course, has much more than a few bucks.
The Antidote to Marxist Literary Criticism
In a new book Literature and Liberty, Allen Mendenhall brings a fresh eye to literary criticism — a discipline long marred by doctrinaire Marxism.
No Country Should Be Bigger Than This
Even if we agreed that states can provide certain amenities of value, state powers still become dangerously prone to abuse the larger the state grows.
Week in Review: January 14, 2017
The nation braces itself for the inauguration of a new president. Politics, however, will not cure what ails us.
What European Integration Should Look Like
The European Union could have been a mere union of states committed to increasing free trade and free movement. But, it has become nothing of the sort.
Mexicans Are Blaming “Neoliberalism” for Socialism’s Failures
A state monopoly on the oil industry has been impoverishing Mexicans for decades. Yet, the market is blamed for the economy's woes.
Jeff Sessions’s Drug War May End What’s Left of States’ Rights
The Drug War has become a linchpin in the fight against continued federal centralization of power. Jeff Sessions is on the wrong side of the fight.
Taxpayers Footing the Bill for the Inauguration Junkets
The inauguration events are nothing more than pro-government propaganda and fundraising. And, they will cost the taxpayers more than $100 million.
The “Curse” of Labor-Saving Machinery Is Nothing New
Amazon's new cashier-less and staff-less store is just the latest move in a long history of innovations that have made workers obsolete.
