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Big Tech’s defense against any potential governmental accountability is wielding the myth that their success is a result of their free market merit, innovation, and competitiveness.

Three of the leading voices for liberty and the free society in the 20th century were F. A. Hayek, Ludwig von Mises and Ayn Rand

In spite of the declared “independence” of the Federal Reserve from the political control of either Congress or the White House, America’s central bank is a branch of the U.S. government that is responsible for setting monetary policy.

Despite the constant failures of Keynesian economics and statist policies, people still haven’t realized that free-market economics is the way forward.

Who do people consider to be less ethical or honest than either telemarketers or used car salesman? If you said Washington politicians, you’d be right on the button.

In a country that is both democratic and socialistic, we might suspect that crafty politicians will run for office by promising more and more free stuff.

The tense and seemingly polarized political environment in America today has raised the issue of whether there is some way to reduce the ideological and government-policy conflicts by finding some middle way between the “extremist” positions.

We are living in a world of the anti-liberal counter-attack against individual liberty, free markets and limited government.

Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, once said “the chief business of the American people is business.”

The United States has been very nearly subsidizing the global drug pharmaceutical trade while other nations pat themselves on the back for keeping prices low.

Why is the free enterprise or capitalist economic system so widely disliked, hated and opposed?

Numerous misunderstanding and mythologies surround the meaning of capitalism and competition, but few match the confusions over the meaning and relevance of “monopoly” in the workings of the market economy.

One of the leading ideological punching bags for well over one hundred years has been the ideas, institutions, and impact of “capitalism” on society.