Tag Archives: Economic Freedom

How to Create a Job: Creating Value, Not Just Work

With unemployment still above 9 percent, Americans are searching for answers that will lead to quality, lasting jobs. Past failures of jobs programs show that addressing the symptom instead of the disease has yet to lead to real job growth. Watch this video to learn more. This video is a product of of the Economic [...]

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The Case for Economic Freedom – Part 1

Originally printed in The Freeman: By Benjamin A. Rogge • September 1963 • Volume: 13 • Issue: 9 My economic philosophy is here offered with full knowledge that it is not generally accepted as the right one. On the contrary, my brand of economics has now become Brand X, the one that is never selected [...]

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Economic Freedom Is A Necessary (But Not Sufficient) Condition For Political Freedom: A Note From My Capitalism, Socialism, & Democracy Course

Posted by Dave Prychitko Considering both economic theory and the historical record, it is reasonable to believe that if a society tries to abolish the market economy it will find that it abolishes the wealth-generation and long-run growth that only a market system can provide, and, on top of that, it will become more undesirably [...]

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