Wanjiru Njoya

Articles

05/13/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

In seeking to understand why nations go to war, we often search for rational motivations such as the quest for money, or power, or territory, or that most elusive of goals—justice. But the truth is...

Understanding The Importance of Justice

05/06/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

To many economists, questions of justice are not relevant to the study of free markets. In most situations where people try to invoke arguments about “justice,” they are concerned with distributive...

Make-Believe Equality Is Unattainable, Costly, and Harmful

05/03/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

In his book, Intellectuals and Race, the great economist Thomas Sowell excoriates intellectuals for their role in promoting statist social engineering schemes. Sowell defined “intellectuals” as “a...

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Free Markets Promote Peaceful Cooperation and Racial Harmony

04/03/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

By their nature, free markets promote harmony between people and increase overall standards of living. This view is radically different from the ones promoted by Marxists who believe that only “class interests” matter.

Do We Even Need the US Constitution?

02/12/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

Wanjiru Njoya appears on Action Radio with Greg Penglis to discuss some of her recent articles.

The Myth of Social Justice

01/20/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

Wanjiru Njoya appears on The Tom Woods Show to discuss Hayek's critique of "social justice."

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