Progressivism

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Frank Shostak

Progressives claim that profits are an unjust transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich. In reality, entrepreneurs earn profits by directing resources from less valued to more valued uses to satisfy consumer needs.

Owen Ashworth

Great Britain are shifting back toward railway nationalization. Of course, the vaunted railway privatization of the 1990s wasn’t real privatization at all. 

William L. Anderson

Contra Joe Biden, this is not about pay “discrimination” or equity or a nefarious plot by team owners to cheat women. This is just consumer sovereignty in action.

David Gordon

Ingrid Robeyns doesn't want to abolish markets and replace them with central planning. However, as David Gordon points out, her ideas on reducing inequality reflect the belief that progressives can create a fantasy world, state control without the consequences.

Joakim Book

Almost all of the climate hysteria is driven by the “luxury beliefs” held by Western elites. Only the wealthiest can afford the effects of climate policy. 

Aaron Sobczak

While Social Security is not exactly a pension system, it has had a negative effect on private pension plans and has discouraged people from engaging in long-term savings. In the end, its negative effects outweigh the positive ones.