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29 Dec Why It’s Important to Make the Moral Case for Capitalism

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Yes, capitalism is more efficient than socialism, but to build a compelling argument for free market capitalism, defenders of liberty must also articulate that it is a superior moral system. Original Article: "Why It's Important to Make the Moral Case for Capitalism". This Audio Mises Wire is...

29 Dec Business Regulations

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Business regulations are of two kinds: government-imposed regulations on businesses and business-imposed regulations on employees and customers. From the standpoint of liberty and property, the first kind of regulation is always bad and the second kind of regulation is always good, even when the regulations...

28 Dec Michael Blastland on the Hidden Half

Posted at 09:12h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Author Michael Blastland talks about his book The Hidden Half with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Blastland argues that the deeper you delve into science, medicine, astrophysics–pick a topic–the more you realize there is a lot we don’t understand. Things we can’t explain. Blastwood believes we...

28 Dec Why Frederick Douglass, JFK, and Sam Adams Saw the Second Amendment as a Right That Preserves All Others

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At a campaign event in New Hampshire earlier this year, Joe Biden addressed the topic of individual gun ownership and offered a glimpse into how progressive politicians view those who believe the Second Amendment to be sacrosanct. "Those who say 'The tree of liberty is watered...

28 Dec Making Visible Some of the Unseen Tragedies of Covid Derangement Syndrome

Posted at 05:15h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetWe need more such peaceful yet passionate resistance to Covid-19 lockdown tyranny. (HT David Henderson) DBx: Too many Americans, like so many other people, have tragically come to accept that the only goal worth pursuing now is avoiding Covid-19. All other goals that might even...

26 Dec Rich Millennials Plot the End of Civilization

Posted at 23:45h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Millennial Sam Jacobs went off to college a wealthy but normal young man and came back a socialist. Suddenly his family’s “extreme, plutocratic wealth” became too much of a burden for him. Original Article: "Rich Millennials Plot the End of Civilization". This Audio Mises Wire is generously...

26 Dec Wise Warnings Conveyed With Wit

Posted at 23:40h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetIn his latest short video, J.P. Sears continues his valiant efforts to use humor to convey serious warnings against the tyranny now running rampant in response Covid Derangement Syndrome. Read the Full Article here: >Cafe HayekCafe Hayek...

26 Dec Finding Meaning in Responsibility

Posted at 23:35h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Jordan Peterson is an unlikely Youtube celebrity. The Canadian psychologist lectures about things like responsibility. Yet millions of young people watch his videos and line up to hear his speeches and buy his book 12 Rules for Life. It was number one on the Amazon...

26 Dec The Great Reset, Part II: Corporate Socialism

Posted at 23:35h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

As I noted in the previous installment, the Great Reset, if its architects have their way, would involve transformations of nearly every aspect of life. Here, I will limit my discussion to the economics of the Great Reset as promoted by the World Economic Forum...

26 Dec The Famous Mike Wallace Interview with Ayn Rand

Posted at 23:34h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

“Novelist Ayn Rand talks with Wallace about the personal philosophy underpinning her books The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, as well as the economy, welfare, the American political system, and taxes.” Originally broadcast 1959. Posted to YouTube by the Ayn Rand Insitute with permission of The...