Topic: Economic Education

A Broken Economy Is Not Like a Sick Body

– August 25, 2019

Despite first appearances, the differences separating the human body and medical intervention from the economy and economic intervention are many.

Art and Culture, Capitalism, Economic Education

The Film Capitalism Needs Right Now

– August 24, 2019

Something tells me that if we are ever going to regain the footing in public culture, the Brooks path might be the one to make it happen.

Capitalism, Economic Education

No, the Business Roundtable Did Not Repudiate Capitalism

– August 22, 2019

The Business Roundtable is merely rediscovering what proponents of a free market system have known for a long time.

Economic Education

The Best Lack Conviction; The Worst Have Passionate Intensity

– August 20, 2019

Human beings have contradictory impulses. On the one hand, we want to be “free”; on the other, we want to be led, and by a powerful and charismatic leader.

Economic Education

An Answer to the Pope, a Leader of Libertarianism’s Critics

– August 18, 2019

Pope Francis has been consistently against capitalism and not just capitalism; his target since at least 2014 has been the whole system of human liberty insofar as it impacts commercial life.

Economic Education

An Open Letter to Elizabeth Warren

– August 17, 2019

I don’t want a fighter in the Oval Office, I want a thinker.

Economic Education

Economics Is the Honey Badger

– August 15, 2019

What happens when you fight economics? Economics pushes back. It cares nothing for your visions, speeches, songs, hats, and rallies; indeed, not even the world’s biggest guns and armies can stop the forces of supply and demand.

Economic Education

For Most Things, Recycling Harms the Environment

– August 14, 2019

If you care about the environment, you should put your bottles and other glass in the regular garbage, every time.

Economic Education

To Fight Hate, Celebrate Capitalism

– August 6, 2019

Ideologies of control and hate have targeted commercial life because of its best feature of breaking down tribes and substituting in its place an ever-evolving universal cooperation.

Economic Education

Unseen Victims of Government Policies

– August 6, 2019

Compared to beneficiaries, the victims of government interventions are indeed typically more difficult to see — which is why good economists spend so much time and energy explaining the reality of these victims.

Economic Education

How Do You Know You’re Not Getting Ripped Off?

– August 5, 2019

For many firms, their reputation is their most valuable asset. They will go to great lengths to protect it.

Art and Culture, Economic Education

What Is the Point of Jason Momoa’s Bodyguards?

– August 4, 2019

Imagine there are two people, Jason and Namor, and they have these production possibilities for crimes prevented and movies made per year.