free market
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ConstitutionEconomicsGovernmentInternet/TelecomPolitics
Why the Internet Is Industrial Policy Not Free Market
by Scott Cleland May 25, 2021Big 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.
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ConstitutionEconomicsGovernmentLibertyPolitics
The Case for Freedom in Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek, and Ayn Rand
by Richard Ebeling February 19, 2021Three of the leading voices for liberty and the free society in the 20th century were F. A. Hayek, Ludwig von Mises and Ayn Rand
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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.
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EconomicsFeatured
Fifty Years of Statist Policies and Economic Fallacies
by Richard Ebeling June 24, 2020Despite the constant failures of Keynesian economics and statist policies, people still haven’t realized that free-market economics is the way forward.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomics
Business Ethics and Morality of the Marketplace
by Richard Ebeling November 20, 2019Who 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.
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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.
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FeaturedGovernment
Classical Liberalism and the Limits to Compromise
by Richard Ebeling January 7, 2019The 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.
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Government
Quinn Slobodian and the Academic Attack on Mises and Hayek
by Richard Ebeling October 8, 2018We are living in a world of the anti-liberal counter-attack against individual liberty, free markets and limited government.
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/EnergyInternet/Telecom
The Hidden War: Trump’s Battle Against Regulation
by Liam Sigler July 25, 2018Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, once said “the chief business of the American people is business.”
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsGovernmentHealth CareRegulation
Trump working to reduce drug prices
by Sarah Lee June 26, 2018The United States has been very nearly subsidizing the global drug pharmaceutical trade while other nations pat themselves on the back for keeping prices low.
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Economics
Reasons for Anti-Capitalism: Ignorance, Arrogance, and Envy
by Richard Ebeling April 6, 2018Why is the free enterprise or capitalist economic system so widely disliked, hated and opposed?
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Capitalism and the Misunderstanding of Monopoly
by Richard Ebeling December 6, 2017Numerous 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.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedLibertyPolitics
Capitalism and the Free Society, Part 1
by Richard Ebeling November 13, 2017One of the leading ideological punching bags for well over one hundred years has been the ideas, institutions, and impact of “capitalism” on society.