Economic Freedom

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Scott T. Cross

Sudan has neither the governmental nor social institutions that allow people to develop and build wealth. Instead, people get handouts from the West, which does nothing to reduce poverty.

Connor Mortell

Do we have a right to sunlight? How do we assert those rights? Murray Rothbard provides some answers.

Michael Matulef

The presence of a "natural monopoly" is supposed to be a sufficient reason for government to intervene in the economy. But what if there truly is no such thing as a "natural monopoly"?

Lipton Matthews

Jamaica is on the road to becoming a republic, but will that lead to economic freedom or to the statism that has held back that country since independence from Great Britain?

Lipton Matthews

Leftists claim that developing nations are poor because Western nations once practiced colonialism. The truth is that empires do not foster economic growth.

Michael Matulef

As long as scarcity exists, there will be greed. Thank goodness free markets enable greedy people to serve others.

Lipton Matthews

Even though Barbados and Jamaica had more similarities than differences when they became independent of Great Britain, Barbados developed its economy much more quickly.