Lemonade and Liberty
Lemonade-stand shutdowns are sending potential entrepreneurs the wrong lesson.
The Entrepreneur
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Google Plus: Learning from Failure
Why all this fierce competition, all this innovation, all this frantic code work to create the perfect digital world?
Acting Like He Owns the Place
A middle-aged man toting an unlit cigar would loudly appear out of nowhere, acting like he owned the place. And he did.
Rebecca Black’s “Friday”: A Libertarian Allegory
The astonishing popularity of Rebecca Black's "Friday" video — which became the YouTube meme of all memes in the course of a wild six weeks — has mystified many critics.
It’s Time to Rethink Everything
What's especially brilliant about Ron's new book is that he doesn't just deal in abstractions. He takes on 50 difficult areas of politics today and shines a new light of liberty on each of them. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth, and then enlightenment.
What’s a Job Good For?
The statistics are shocking: teens no longer have jobs. This is new. And this is a disaster. Here's why.
How John Wanamaker Succeeded
John Wanamaker was the Gilded Age genius who pioneered the department store, the posted single price for goods, the money-back guarantee, and the p
How Marshall Field Succeeded
This world-renowned merchant seeks no fame for his business achievements.
Can Culture Generate Spontaneous Order?
Mencken wrote that the sine qua non of all good criticism should be its ability to stand alone as a piece of art regardless of the qualities inherent in the object of the criticism. Cantor, Cox, and the other critics whose essays appear in Literature and the Economics of Liberty attain this goal.
