Ethics and the Holidays
To believe that, absent government, folks would not help the poor is to turn one's back on history. In addition, to destroy capital in the name of ending poverty simply impoverishes us all.
To believe that, absent government, folks would not help the poor is to turn one's back on history. In addition, to destroy capital in the name of ending poverty simply impoverishes us all.
Christmas can survive and thrive even if it is not culturally dominant.
A punk economy is doing what legislators around the country could never do: shrink state and local governments.
We should be worried about building Battlestar Galactica.
1998 Mises Institute Supporters Summit, Palm Springs, California; February 27-28, 1998.
1998 Mises Institute Supporters Summit, Palm Springs, California; February 27-28, 1998.
Inclined to Liberty is an important confidence booster for people involved in commerce, providing answers to their colleagues who criticize freedom, and pointing to other resources.
Obama's public-private partnerships would become extinct and despised, being recognized for what they are: back-door socialism, making a mockery of true partnerships and freedom. Entrepreneurship and innovation would be free to flourish in such an environment.
Today government is even more arrogant and absurd, and it actually believes that by passing legislation it can save the US car industry.
Bernanke and company are making matters worse by endlessly inflating and bailing out dysfunctional firms. The result will be more unemployment, not less.