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Individualism in the US Has Helped Make It an Economic Success

Economic FreedomThe EntrepreneurMedia and Culture

Blog05/31/2023

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?

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The Bud Light Boycott and Clueless Corporate Executives

The EntrepreneurU.S. HistorySubjectivismValue and Exchange

Blog05/24/2023

Bud Light executives thought customers wanted the beer to partner with a "transgender" celebrity. Or executives simply didn't care what customers thought. In any case, executives are now paying the price. 

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The "Buy Black" Movement: Divisive or a Boon to Black Entrepreneurs?

The EntrepreneurFree MarketsEntrepreneurship

Blog05/18/2023

Calls for black consumers to "Buy Black" can be interpreted as socially divisive, but they are also a way to encourage black entrepreneurs in a free market.

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Was Japanese Colonialism the Engine of Later Prosperity for Korea and Taiwan? Probably Not

CapitalismThe EntrepreneurWorld History

Blog05/08/2023

While Japan made some technological transfers to these places, prosperity came to them later, with the advent of free-market economies.

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How to Teach Austrian Economics to the Neighbor Kids

Economic FreedomThe EntrepreneurLabor and WagesEntrepreneurship

Blog05/02/2023

Austrian economics is not dry theory. It helps us make sense of our world and shows that exchange and production have a place in our moral universe.

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The Economics of Arts and Culture

The EntrepreneurFree MarketsStrategy

Blog04/19/2023

Both artists and athletes perform for others. When governments get involved it either is for subsidies or censorship. Neither is satisfactory.

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Who Are the Wealth Destroyers, Politicians or Billionaires?

Bureaucracy and RegulationThe EntrepreneurProgressivismSocialismU.S. EconomyEntrepreneurship

Blog04/05/2023

Politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are demanding that successful entrepreneurs be taxed into oblivion. The real parasites are the politicians who destroy wealth instead of creating it.

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China's Emerging Global Leadership Isn't Just the Result of Subsidies: Entrepreneurship Still Matters in This Market

Corporate WelfareCronyism and CorporatismThe EntrepreneurFree Markets

Blog02/24/2023

It is easy to dismiss Chinese advancements in electric vehicles as the result of government subsidies, but private entrepreneurship also is playing a major role.

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Artificial Intelligence Can Serve Entrepreneurs and Markets

The EntrepreneurFree MarketsEntrepreneurship

Blog02/24/2023

In our technocratic age, it is easy to dismiss the latest technological developments as an avenue toward freedom, but some of them still bode well for markets.

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Poor People in Developing Countries Find Alternatives to Commercial Banking

Economic FreedomThe EntrepreneurMoney and BanksEntrepreneurship

Blog02/20/2023

People are innovative—if government doesn't get in the way. Entrepreneurs in developing countries find alternatives for people cut off from commercial banking services.

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