Topic: Free Markets

“Free” Sugar Protectionism Is Not As Sweet As It Sounds

– December 10, 2021

“It is past time for Americans to think carefully enough to see through the sugar lobby’s flimsy smokescreens, and demand an end to this inefficient, inequitable and regressive program that raises food prices across a wide spectrum.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Economic Education, Financial Markets, Free Markets

What Does Kyle Rittenhouse’s Legal Campaign Tell Us about Access to Crowdfunding?

– December 9, 2021

“For now, Visa and MasterCard haven’t made any discernible efforts to limit crowdfunding accessibility based on concerns over their brand. But if they were to start, that would be a concerning development.” ~ J.P. Koning

Crisis, Environmentalism, Free Markets, Government

A New Idea Emerges at COP26

– December 3, 2021

“Conservatives showed up at COP26 to indicate that a constructive alternative to alarmist rhetoric exists. At COP27, it’s time that we attended in full force, and told the UN to let the adults do the talking.” ~ Christopher Barnard & Connor Tomlinson

Art and Culture, Economic Education, Free Markets

What You Can Learn On a Long Walk to American Girl

– November 29, 2021

“Shopping malls offer economic truths beyond their just being shopping locales. They’re in reality economic ecosystems that explain how economies work well outside their walls. A long walk to American Girl vivifies this truth with ease.” ~ John Tamny

Art and Culture, Economic Education, Free Markets

Economics and the Picture Show, Part Two

– November 28, 2021

“Casablanca is a political econo-drama trading in the existential currency of life, death, and love couched in the aesthetic aspirations of art.” ~ Robert Edward Gordon

Free Markets, Government, Regulation

Supply Chains and the Shortage Economy

– November 28, 2021

“Government control over supply chains would help make shortages permanent. Supply chains are too complex for anyone, including the managers of companies like Apple and Nike, to understand.” ~ Daniel Sutter

Economic Education, Free Markets, Government, Unemployment

Americans Don’t Hate Work, They Hate the Workplace

– November 27, 2021

“We can build alternative institutions and parallel economies that create opportunities for hard-working Americans who won’t be pushed around.” ~ Austin Stone

Art and Culture, Economic Education, Economic Theory, Free Markets

How Hayek Can Transform Our Ingratitude into Gratitude

– November 25, 2021

“Understanding Hayek transforms our thinking into a rich appreciation of how individuals cooperate and bring forth the miracles of the modern economy. With the opening of eyes long closed, our ingratitude becomes gratitude.” ~ Barry Brownstein

Crisis, Free Markets, Government, History

The Recovery of Liberty

– November 23, 2021

“The attack on liberty is unrelenting. To get attackers to relent, it helps to clarify what we mean by liberty. We are then in a better position to awaken them to the damage they do.” ~ Daniel B. Klein

Economic Education, Free Markets, Government

Should We Help Workers Who Lose Jobs to Imports?

– November 22, 2021

“Too much of the discussion about job destruction and worker transition rests on the questionable assumption that all actors in markets, including workers, are either myopic or quite unintelligent (or both).” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

Economic Education, Free Markets, Government

Don’t Blame the “Greedy Wealthy”

– November 22, 2021

“The problem is that we have already spent hundreds of billions of dollars on programs to end poverty, and yet there is still….poverty.” ~ Michael C. Munger

Economic Education, Free Markets, Government

Twilight of the NYC Pizza Principle

– November 22, 2021

“The link between NYC subway fares and the price of a pizza slice ended a few years back, but the death of .99 cent slices suggests that relative price changes are now confounding the most formidable business talents.” ~ Peter C. Earle