Capitalism vs. the Free Market
Posted in Media, Uncategorized, Video on 3 March 2010
Stats: 463 views and No Comments On Monday, Sheldon Richman spoke on "Capitalism versus the Free Market" at The Future of Freedom Foundation’s Economic Liberty Lecture Series, held at George Mason University and cosponsored by the university's Economics Society. Richman is the editor of The Freeman and TheFreemanOnline.org. He is also senior fellow at The Future of Freedom Foundation ...
Posted in Media, Uncategorized, Video on 3 March 2010
Stats: 463 views and No Comments On Monday, Sheldon Richman spoke on "Capitalism versus the Free Market" at The Future of Freedom Foundation’s Economic Liberty Lecture Series, held at George Mason University and cosponsored by the university's Economics Society. Richman is the editor of The Freeman and TheFreemanOnline.org. He is also senior fellow at The Future of Freedom Foundation ...
Frustrating Michael Moore
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 16 October 2009
Stats: 116 views and 25 Comments If Michael Moore would study a little political economy he might turn into a potent champion of individual liberty. As we see in Moore's new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, Moore is offended by some truly offensive things: banks engaging in wild speculation without concern for the risk, taxpayer bailouts ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 16 October 2009
Stats: 116 views and 25 Comments If Michael Moore would study a little political economy he might turn into a potent champion of individual liberty. As we see in Moore's new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, Moore is offended by some truly offensive things: banks engaging in wild speculation without concern for the risk, taxpayer bailouts ...
From 1944 to Nineteen Eighty-Four
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 4 September 2009
Stats: 19 views and 9 Comments I'm inclined to think of George Orwell and F. A. Hayek at the same time. Both showed great courage in writing the truth, undaunted by the consequences awaiting them. Both valued freedom, though they understood it differently. Orwell, a man of the "left," could not remain silent in the face ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 4 September 2009
Stats: 19 views and 9 Comments I'm inclined to think of George Orwell and F. A. Hayek at the same time. Both showed great courage in writing the truth, undaunted by the consequences awaiting them. Both valued freedom, though they understood it differently. Orwell, a man of the "left," could not remain silent in the face ...
Federal Criminal Law: How the Government Fights Capitalism
Posted in Not So Fast! on 8 July 2009
Stats: 29 views and 273 Comments Last weekend, I visited a young woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, once a successful real estate attorney, but now facing the prospect of spending the rest of her life in federal prison. The young woman is very pleasant, not one who a visitor might think is a criminal “kingpin” who ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 8 July 2009
Stats: 29 views and 273 Comments Last weekend, I visited a young woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, once a successful real estate attorney, but now facing the prospect of spending the rest of her life in federal prison. The young woman is very pleasant, not one who a visitor might think is a criminal “kingpin” who ...
The Cliche of Capitalist ‘Exploitation’
Posted in Cliches of Socialism, From the Archives on 10 June 2009
Stats: 438 views and 1 Comment "It is frequently argued that an employee is at a bargaining disadvantage when he seeks a favorable employment contract because he has less of a reserve to draw upon than does an employer. It is said that the employee needs bread for his family's supper, whereas the employer needs nothing ...
Posted in Cliches of Socialism, From the Archives on 10 June 2009
Stats: 438 views and 1 Comment "It is frequently argued that an employee is at a bargaining disadvantage when he seeks a favorable employment contract because he has less of a reserve to draw upon than does an employer. It is said that the employee needs bread for his family's supper, whereas the employer needs nothing ...
Are We Headed for Soviet-Style Show Trials?
Posted in Articles on 9 February 2009
Stats: 115 views and No Comments New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has written a column (January 28, 2009) full of withering hatred and contempt for many of today's most prominent businessmen, first and foremost the heads of the Wall Street Banks. She singles out Citigroup and Merrill Lynch in particular, denouncing the first for ...
Posted in Articles on 9 February 2009
Stats: 115 views and No Comments New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has written a column (January 28, 2009) full of withering hatred and contempt for many of today's most prominent businessmen, first and foremost the heads of the Wall Street Banks. She singles out Citigroup and Merrill Lynch in particular, denouncing the first for ...
