Economic Freedom

American law protects what is called the "right to strike." However, Leonard Read found no moral code that permits such action.

What many people call government generosity Leonard Read called avarice.

While the US ratchets up efforts to isolate its many enemies, the Chinese, the Saudis, the Arab League, and OPEC all shrug and look to increasing international communication and trade.

More than forty years ago, Leonard Read urged graduates of Hillsdale College to find a premise, a belief in a universal idea of liberty.

Noam Chomsky's latest offering—a series of interviews—presents the best (and worst) of one of America's premier public intellectuals.

Leonard Read asked how we preserve liberty in a culture that doesn't appreciate it. Liberty cannot come through force and organization. It comes from within oneself.

During a debate on capitalism with James Otteson, Michael Anton opined that free markets are harmful to a nation's economy. Perhaps he needs to learn economics.

Individualism, while condemned in some cultures, has helped make this country economically successful. Will the influx of immigrants from cultures that devalue individualism reverse that success?

Shoddy service, regular breakdowns, and overbudget to boot. There is a reason why government-funded projects always waste resources.

In 1948, Ludwig Erhardt rescued a German economy that was in shambles simply by invoking free markets and currency reform. Our economy needs its Rothbard moment.