What Advances & Virtues Do We Really Owe to the Enlightenment? Is being “Woke” the Dark Side of Enlightenment Thinking?
Category: Poverty
Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property – Foundation for Economic Education
Governor Bradford recorded in his diary that everybody was happy to claim their equal share of production, but production only shrank. Slackers showed up late for work in the fields, and the hard workers resented it. It’s called “human nature.” …
Watch “What’s Right About Social Justice – Learn Liberty” on YouTube
If the concept of social justice simply means justice for the individuals who make up society, then it appears the utopian socialist-progressives and the libertarian free-marketeers may have some goals in common. However, when it comes to the ways & …
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Watch “Rand Paul Explains the Two Big Lies of “Democratic” Socialism I Kibbe on Liberty” on YouTube
Individual liberty is never fully realized without economic freedom, which includes strong private rights & a climate conducive to self-determination.
Watch “Milton Friedman – Minorities and Government” on YouTube
Markets over Mandates: A better diversity dogma
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Watch “John Stossel – Influence of Milton Friedman” on YouTube
Milton Friedman’s core message was that personal freedom and economic freedom go hand in hand. Pursuing life, liberty & happiness must be accomplished by individuals, and can’t be granted to us by bureaucrats or gov’t programs. Milton Friedman understood this …
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Bernie Sanders Gets a Lesson in What a $15 Minimum Wage Would Mean – Reason.com
“…it’s telling to see how Sanders’ campaign responded to the allegation that the Vermont socialist is not putting his money where his mouth is. In a statement, Shakir stressed that Sanders’ campaign “offers wages and benefits competitive with other campaigns, …
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