Jeff Bezos, Charity, and Economic Well-Being: Wealth Creation Reduces Poverty
Amazon has done more to eradicate poverty than a hundred charities ever could.
Capitalism
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Are Robots and AI Really Going to Displace All Workers? Probably Not
As fear that robots and artificial intelligence will take over whole lines of work, it is time to examine the real relationship between capital and the rest of us.
Slavery Did Not Promote Capitalism: The New Economic History of Capitalism Is Simply Wrong
Academic historians of the "acclaimed" new history of capitalism have a major weakness: their claims do not match the historical record.
Does Capitalism Itself Create Economic Instability or Is Central Banking the Culprit?
Post-Keynesians believe that capitalism is internally unstable, leading to necessary intervention by the central bank. Austrians see that as backward reasoning, as policies by the central bank to create credit from nothing is the problem.
How Do We Define Socialism? By What It Does—and Does Not—Do
The reality of socialism is that it politicizes life entirely. How that is supposed to improve quality of life remains a mystery.
Does Capitalism Itself Create Economic Instability or Is Central Banking the Culprit?
Post-Keynesians believe that capitalism is internally unstable, leading to necessary intervention by the central bank. Austrians see that as backward reasoning, as policies by the central bank to create credit from nothing is the problem
How Do We Define Socialism? By What It Does—and Does Not—Do
The reality of socialism is that it politicizes life entirely. How that is supposed to improve quality of life remains a mystery.
Democracy without Foundations
David Gordon continues his critical look at Jedediah Purdy's book, Two Cheers for Politics.
Malcolm McLean: The Unsung Capitalist Hero Who Changed the World One Container at a Time
Before Steve Jobs and the iPhone, there was Malcolm McLean, inventor of the shipping container. McLean made the iPhone—and many other things—possible.
Patents and Progress
Patents lack a basis in natural rights; to the contrary, they may be a patent absurdity.
