Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean, which has become a surprising bestseller, purports to be a study and exposé of the “radical right’s stealth plan for America.” But to anyone who knows something about the subject she covers, the book serves an unintended function. It is a study in the wild paranoia and recklessness of a fanatic academic ideologue who can’t tell shiz from shoe polish.
The West, in the way Trump's speech rendered it, is not merely an idea, but a people, a nation unto itself, united by great achievements, including triumphs in great conflicts.Where does this line of thinking take us? Straight to Oswald Spengler.
Many conservative intellectuals fear that large-scale immigration erodes a society's commitment to freedom because immigrants bring beliefs from their home country that have an impact on their destination countries. However, new research suggests that this fear is overblown.
The escape from destitution and uncertainty of subsistence farming is one of the greatest accomplishments of the modern world. Recognizing the enormous, positive effect of this transformation is an important tonic to the narrative of pervasive problems and pessimism.
After WWII, Poland and Spain had similar living standards, but over the next 40 years, thanks to the brutal communist system imposed by the Soviet Union, Poland fell far behind. But look what has happened over the past 25 years. Per-capita GDP has skyrocketed in Poland and the gap between the two nations has dramatically narrowed.
The OECD published data on "Average Individual Consumption," and we can use those data to take a look at how countries have changed over time. The conclusion? If nations want faster growth and more prosperity, there’s no substitute for free markets and limited government.
In 100 countries, the government forbids women from working in certain professions. Husbands can deny their wife the right to work in 18 countries. Those countries could learn a lesson from Ethiopia.
This is the story of your enslavement to an economic system of money, debt and consumerism. The 1999 movie, The Matrix, though science fiction, did a great job of explaining modern slavery. Even if the movie had humans controlled by…Read more →
I was a guest on the Josh Tolley Show on January 28, 2014, and I talked about economic freedom and the an entrepreneurial economy vs. an employment economy (from 14 mins. to 37), especially vis-a-vis Canada and the U.S., and how Canada has increased its freedom relative to the U.S. for five straight years according […]
