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09 Jul Claiming the Moral High Ground in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting

Posted at 06:13h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

A company that turned its ESG report into an opportunity to proudly defend its industry and itself. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has been advocating a “great reset” to an equitable and sustainable world—from semi-capitalism to socialism—in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of...

09 Jul Free Market Capitalism Is the Best Solution for Big Tech “Monopoly Power” and “Censorship”

Posted at 06:13h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The only real monopoly is the government itself or a business given a special privilege by the government. The so-called “Big Tech” monopolies are uniting politicians and media pundits from both the left and right. Whether the argument is “too much power” or “censorship,” both...

08 Jul Campusland: A Delightful Book Delivers

Posted at 06:36h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

In Rules for Radicals, Saul D. Alinsky’s handbook for left-wing activists, Alinsky gives thirteen rules for community organizers. Rule number four is “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” That rule is relevant for fighting wokeness on campus. And Scott Johnston, author of Campusland, a novel...

08 Jul Why don’t firms pay more?

Posted at 06:30h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

I often see people argue that if companies are short of workers then they should pay higher wages: Many businesses say extra unemployment benefits put in place during the pandemic have given some unemployed workers the incentive to stay home. In some states a jobless worker...

08 Jul Most Millennials Live Paycheck to Paycheck. Financial Literacy is Key to Their Freedom

Posted at 06:27h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Millennials are on a tight budget, even those making six-digit figures. According to a new survey by PYMNTS and LendingClub, 70% of millennials are living paycheck to paycheck. Most baby boomers, on the other hand, are living the life, with only 40% claiming they are in...

06 Jul A Declaration of Independence for 2021

Posted at 21:59h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetMy friend Jim Clancy updated for 2021 Thomas Jefferson’s soaring document of 1776. (I thank Jim for his kind permission to share here his revised Declaration.) It appears beneath the fold. 2021 ain’t 1776, so, to be clear, no one is calling for any...

06 Jul Big Business ❤ Big Government

Posted at 21:59h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Politicians claim they protect us from big business by passing regulations. In reality, those regulations are often written by big business lobbyists, and they hurt small competitors most!---- So you don’t miss the weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://ift.tt/37hRbtg ----"When government gets...

06 Jul The Will to Power and the Specter of Hubris

Posted at 21:58h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

There’s a specter haunting the West, the specter of hubris. We think we know everything, and what we know to be morally right today was always universally so. Available for our predecessors to discover, we’re actually the ones who did so and embraced it while they...

06 Jul Crimes Against Prosperity

Posted at 21:56h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The advent of the modern state has subjected humanity to a great many social experiments, some with glorious results, most absolutely horrific. We have seen all too often genocide, artificial famines, war, repression, and the disruption of social fabrics through poorly thought out social programs....

06 Jul Train a child, secure the future: Educating our kids about the free market

Posted at 21:55h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6 […] Read More… Like most children, I had training wheels when I first learned to ride my bike. Before riding without them, I...