Poverty

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David Gordon

David Gordon reviews Shawn Ritenour's The Economics of Prosperity. The book shows how economic growth stems from entrepreneurship, the division of labor, and investments in capital and technology. These factors, Ritenour argues, are the key to prosperity in underdeveloped countries.

Joshua Mawhorter

The late P.T. Bauer provided much insight into the issue of the so-called First World sending aid to Third World nations in the name of “development.” Bauer demonstrated conclusively that such donations actually impede economic growth in poor nations.

Lipton Matthews

History has shown that prosperity is built through economic freedom and self-reliance—not through perpetual financial transfers from former colonial powers.

Lipton Matthews

Michael Huemer’s book Progressive Myths takes the progressive worldviews to task, exposing them for their deceitfulness. As usual, the narratives do not fit the truth.

David Gordon

Is charity a right held by everyone or should charity be confined to private, voluntary action within a free market? David Gordon argues for the latter.