Category Archives: Free Markets

Thanksgiving & Capitalism

 Was this realization that communism was incompatible with human nature and the prosperity of humanity to be despaired or be a cause for guilt? Not in Governor Bradford’s eyes. It was simply a matter of accepting that altruism and collectivism … Continue reading

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Socialism Is War and War Is Socialism

Libertarians are often quick to point out the ways in which free trade, both within and across national borders, creates cooperative interdependencies among those who trade, thereby reducing the likelihood of war. Yep, as I said yesterday, people are reluctant … Continue reading

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Private Enterprise versus Free Enterprise

I frequently say that George Orwell was an optimist. Our cultural, social and economic destroyers have twisted and tortured the language until up is down, black is white, and ignorance is brilliance. We must take care to use the language … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving & Capitalism

Another very good reason to celebrate Thanksgiving. It is a story that should be widely told. So please spread it to your friends and family. Unfortunately, thanks to the contamination of the language, the use of the term “capitalism” has … Continue reading

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The Internet Is A Perfect Example of How a Free Market Would and Does Work

 …the Internet has posed new challenges to national sovereignty…  No wonder it has all the various mafia-like criminal organizations (aka governments) over the world so concerned. Ou rah! for the Internet. All we have to do now is build on … Continue reading

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THE POLICE STATE VERSUS THE MARKET

Civil forfeiture laws make it so property owners can lose their property for no reason. That’s not hyperbole. No reason whatsoever. The government can steal your property if it says your home has “facilitated” a crime. The government doesn’t sue … Continue reading

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Economic Freedom | CNS News

Economic Freedom | CNS News. A couple of years ago, President Barack Obama, speaking on the economy, told an audience in Osawatomie, Kansas: “‘The market will take care of everything,’ they tell us. … But here’s the problem: It doesn’t … Continue reading

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Want Peace? Promote Free Trade

by JULIAN ADORNEY via The Freeman Frédéric Bastiat famously claimed that “if goods don’t cross borders, soldiers will.” Bastiat argued that free trade between countries could reduce international conflict because trade forges connections between nations and gives each country an incentive to … Continue reading

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7 Falsehoods about the Free Market

by SANDY IKEDA via The Free Man Just as there are timeless truths, there are also timeless falsehoods. Here are a few of the latter that I’ve recently encountered, but there are, of course, plenty more. Some libertarians may not agree with … Continue reading

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The American Economy is Not a Free-Market Economy

by David Gordon via The Mises Daily Crony Capitalism in America, 2008-2012. By Hunter Lewis Those of us who favor the free market must confront a problem. The virtues of the market, and the vices of socialism and interventionism, have been made … Continue reading

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