Free Markets

Professor Block is a handsome fellow. But he is not likely to appear on the catwalk anytime soon.

    

The long-term case for optimism is all about the astonishing expansion of the division of labor globally.

The Clarence Darrow of 1902 was on pretty much the same wavelength as the Murray Rothbard of 80 years later. They both rejected the statist means.

Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s masterpiece celebrating capitalism and the individual, is a rare accomplishment. It still holds up, more than ever.

John Wanamaker was the Gilded Age genius who pioneered the department store, the posted single price for goods, the money-back guarantee, and the practice of giving away free products as a way to promote a business. He believed that commerce would save the world.

You think we have no central plan? Think again.

Humans are always looking for patterns as a matter of survival, and when the picture isn't complete our brains fill in the blanks.

You will not affect the election, but you might die in a car crash trying.

Obey or die. Isn't this the philosophy of all government in all times and all places?