By Gary Wolfram William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy Hillsdale College Whenever I watch media coverage of another Occupy Wall Street event I am reminded of an exchange between Jewish protesters in the 1979 Monte Python movie Life of Brian. One of the protesters asks another what the Romans have brought to the [...]
Tag Archives: Socialism
“Occupy Wall Street Crowd Blind to Benefits of Capitalism”
Posted in Free Markets Also tagged Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, Hillsdale College, Ludwig von Mises, Market Capitalism, Media Research Center, Occupy Wall Street 1 Comment
Tis the Season
By Peter Boettke: Posted at The Austrian Economist Christopher Warren published a book entitled Congress as Santa Claus in 1932. He put the following question to his readers: If a law to donate aid to any farmer or cattleman who has had poor crops or lost his cattle comes within the meaning of the phrase [...]
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The Role of Private Property in a Free Society
By Peter Boettke, Ph.D. “The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.” –Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. Few concepts have been more important for human survival, yet maligned as unjust by intellectuals, as the concept of private property rights. Since [...]
Posted in Economics 101, Private Property Also tagged Adam Smith, American Revolutionaries, Aristotle, Classical Economists, David Hume, Entrepreneurial, F. A. Hayek, George Washington, James Madison, Ludwig von Mises, Peter J. Boettke, Private Property, Private Property Rights, Scottish Enlightenment, Thomas Jefferson, Wealth of Nations, Western Civilization 2 Comments
Our Battle Cry, “We Shall Not Be Experimented Upon!”
I am a big fan of Frederic Bastiat and in particular his book The Law. In fact, I put up five posts based on this classical work. Another recent favorite writer of mine is Sheldon Richmond the editor of The Freeman and “In brief,” at the Foundation for Economic Education. In his recent post, Richmond [...]
Posted in Frederic Bastiat Also tagged Clinton, Emanuel, Foundation for Economic Education, Frederic Bastiat, Geithner, Obama Administration, Sheldon Richmond, Sibelius, Summers, The Law 3 Comments
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 [...]
Democracy As Pseudo-Savior
The road to the restoration of liberty is going to be long and fraught with ups and downs. Many don’t even know that our liberties are being usurped and that statism has arrived. Some don’t want to know because they are our “weaker brethren,” and they prefer to just “believe” everything will cruse along as [...]
When We Make The Case For Capitalism, We Are Defending The Political Principle Of Freedom
In an excellent article, by Janet Daley, entitled, “G20: If capitalism is ‘overthrown’, we’ll lose our political freedom,” Daley discusses the importance of understanding what is really at stake at the G20 Summit. “The question we are wrestling with now,” writes Daley, “– and which the G20 will certainly fail to resolve – is how [...]
Posted in Democracy, Economics 101, Free Markets Also tagged Democracy, Europe, free markets, Freedom, G20, Janet Daley Leave a comment
Civil Disobedience: Hit Them in the Wallet
Post by Dan Jensen As we work harder, more and more people feel entitled to the fruits of our hard work. These people have organized and elected a federal government that sees fit to transfer 100% of the tax burden to the upper 49% of wage earners in this country. If successful, please tell me [...]
Posted in Markets and Morality Also tagged free markets, liberty, Ludwig von Mises, Obama Administration, The Freedom Factory, Thomas Jefferson 1 Comment
“Bind Him Down from Mischief by the Chains of the Constitution”
“ In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” Thomas Jefferson For those of us who love individual liberty, free-markets and limited government, we face each day, burdened, with more news of the march toward socialism and the [...]
“This Isn’t Socialism Where Headed To, But It May Very Well Be the Other 20th Century “ism”
For Freedom’s Sake was launched with a commitment to bring our readers the best and most thoughtful analysis which will help you navigate through the fog of the political rhetoric that obfuscates the loss of our freedoms as government, of any stripe, encroaches upon them. In that vein, I must recommend that you read Dr. [...]
Posted in Dictatorship, Socialism, Tyranny Also tagged F. A. Hayek, Ludwig Von Mesis, Nazi Germany, Omnipotent Government, Peter Boettke, The Road to Serfdom Leave a comment
