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Milton Friedman: 1912-2006

November 16, 2006 -- Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman passed away on November 16, 2006 at the age of 94. Friedman was one of

Jun 10, 2011
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Eddie Hudgins
2 Mins
Milton Friedman: 1912-2006

Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman passed away on November 16, 2006 at the age of 94. Friedman was one of the most influential...

Jun 10, 2011
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Eddie Hudgins
4 Mins
The Credit Crisis and Moral Hazards

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has staffed-up in anticipation of hundreds of bank failures. Major investment banks are on

Jun 9, 2011
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Eugene C. Holloway
10 Mins
The Triumph of Leviathan

October 1, 2003 -- Communism is dead; long live capitalism. Surely there is some truth to this claim, as even diehard advocates of communism

May 31, 2011
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Herbert Londres
4 Mins
Myth: Ayn Rand was Simply Pro-Wealthy and Pro-Business

Ayn Rand supported a laissez-faire capitalist economic system and defended the morality of making a profit through private business.

May 4, 2011
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William Thomas
5 Mins
Book Review: Toward Heroic Capitalism

In 1859, the first treatise on “best practices” appeared: Self-Help, With Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance, by Samuel

Mar 25, 2011
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Robert L. Bradley junior
5 Mins
Free Trade and the Poor

Objectivism holds that each person should be responsible for himself, and be free to live as he judges best. This doesn't preclude charity..

Feb 25, 2011
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2 Mins
Laissez-Faire Capitalism

Ayn Rand maintained the necessity of a government that kept its “hands off” the private lives of its citizens, while at the same time......

Jan 26, 2011
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Malini Kochhar
2 Mins
Production of Bads Not Goods

In a society that is basically Objectivist in its beliefs and laws, the only actions that would be illegal would be those that impose harm o

Jan 26, 2011
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4 Mins
Information Disclosure under Laissez-Faire

Under laissez-faire capitalism, I doubt that there would be any blanket legal duty to reveal information that would harm one’s business....

Jan 26, 2011
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3 Mins
Laissez-Faire Capitalism and Workers' Rights

Workers' pay in the laissez-faire era of the19th century rose steadily with the innovations that increased productivity and lowered prices..

Jan 26, 2011
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2 Mins
Externalities and the Free Rider Problem

According to L.H. Rockwell, Jr. (founder and president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute) externalities can be subjective, as costs and....

Jan 25, 2011
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Malini Kochhar
3 Mins
Game Theory and Objectivism

As such, Nash's contributions to non-cooperative game theory were a major breakthrough in the formal analysis of strategic interaction...

Jan 25, 2011
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2 Mins
Financial Security in a Free Market Society?

The free market can provide as much security as a statist system. And statism is more to blame for economic instability than most people

Jan 25, 2011
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6 Mins
Taking the Tea Party at Face Value

Some of the signature values that animated a previous generation—independence, prudence, and self-discipline—seem to be in short supply.....

Dec 28, 2010
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Bradley Doucet
10 Mins
A Better Way to Run a Railroad

May 1998 -- In 1987, several railroad executives believed there was a better way to run a railroad. After finding an opportunity to acquire

Dec 1, 2010
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Frank Bryan
8 Mins
America's Deficit Culture

We’ve heard for years that the government’s deficit was too big. They said it of Reagan’s deficit and George W. Bush’s. But no government...

Dec 1, 2010
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9 Mins
The Wealth and Social Health of America

June 2001 -- [BOOK REVIEW] It's Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years. By Stephen Moore and Julian Simon

Oct 19, 2010
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Herbert Grubel
10 Mins
The Essence of Hayek

Part of the Hoover Institution's "essence" series on great twentieth-century economists, The Essence of Hayek is designed for the student of

Oct 18, 2010
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Donald Cooper
2 Mins
Unemployment and Free Labor Markets

I am sorry that, living in Argentina as you do, you have suffered through a terrible economic collapse. But you were not living in anything

Sep 30, 2010
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2 Mins

Wir fördern den offenen Objektivismus: die Philosophie der Vernunft, der Leistung, des Individualismus und der Freiheit.