Promotio Competitio is a magic spell, more potent than many others. Neither Harry Potter’s Expecto Patronum, which drives away horrifying Dementors, nor Hermione Granger’s Obliviate, which made her parents forget […]
Tag: Capitalism
Slavery and the 1619 Project: Phil Magness on Words & Numbers (Part Two)
AIER’s Phil Magness joins AIER Senior Editor James Harrigan and Antony Davies on the Words & Numbers podcast to discuss how the 1619 Project gets the history of, and the […]
Slavery and the 1619 Project: Phil Magness on Words & Numbers
This week AIER’s Phil Magness joins AIER Senior Editor James Harrigan and Antony Davies on the Words & Numbers podcast to discuss how the 1619 Project gets the history and […]
China: House Divided
There have been claims that China’s enormous economic growth and widely shared prosperity are the result of turning to capitalism. I think this is not true; China is not capitalist. […]
Yes, Twelve Dollars Is a Good Price for Two Batteries–Under the Right Conditions
After looking around a bit, I asked the cashier at a nearby convenience store if he had any nine-volt batteries because I didn’t see any on the shelf. To my […]
What Accounts for All This Stuff?
Attacks on the market order are today being issued unabated, and with almost as much gusto from the political right as from the left. Fortunately, the wisdom and insight in […]
Where Is the Free Market Utopia?
The Great Reversal defends a provocative and surprising thesis: the United States has given up on free markets while Europe has embraced them. As a result, Europeans pay less and get […]
U.S. Economy Drifting From Its Basic Capitalist Settings (Video)
AIER Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy and Senior Research Faculty Dr. Samuel Gregg joined Nicole Petallides from The Watch List TD Ameritrade to discuss his upcoming book, The Next American […]
Wait for It… “It’s Capitalism’s Fault!”
An economic crisis looms. When the brown matter hits the proverbial fan, the blue-check commentariat will blame “capitalism.” So we have to remain vigilant. In fact, they’ve already started. I […]
Who Killed Free Market Capitalism? (Video)
Why are capitalism, markets, and self-interest seen as vices, while pathological altruism, socialism, and collectivism are held up as virtues? On this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand explores the […]