Tag Archives: American Capitalism

Professor Milton Friedman: Equality and Freedom

Source:Delusions of Adequacy– Professor Milton Friedman was damn right. “Today is the birthday of Milton Friedman – the person who changed the thinking and things in the world economy! Proud to keep his name in the official name of our … Continue reading

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Philosophy Insights: The Open Mind With Richard Heffner- Milton Friedman: What is Actually Wrong With Socialism?

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat What is wrong with socialism? Where should I start? First I guess I’ll tell you what actually seems to work about socialism in other countries and to a certain extent … Continue reading

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The Week: Opinion- Ryan Cooper- ‘Democrats Should Embrace The Freedom Not To Choose’

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat I’m not trying to sound insulting here (but don’t mind if I do) but what Ryan Cooper wrote in The Week this week (ha, ha get it) could’ve been written … Continue reading

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Economic Policy Journal: Opinion: Robert Ringer: The Individual Versus the State

Ayn Rand I’ve been reading going on for about five years or so now since I started blogging about what is called Laissez-Fair capitalism. Which means government out of the economy. Well let’s think about that for a minute to … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: John Stossel- Fracking Fears

“Filmmaker Ann McElhinney makes the case for fracking. Liberty Pen Source:Liberty Pen The opposition to fracking comes from the Far-Left who do not want private energy companies at all. At least as it has to do with oil and gas. And … Continue reading

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The Heartland Institute: Richard Ebeling- The Free Market vs. The Interventionist State: The Different Economic Systems

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat There is no pure free market economy in the world today.  I use the term private market instead of free market and private enterprise instead of free enterprise.  Any type of … Continue reading

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Lew Rockwell: Blog: Ron Paul: Learn a Little Economics

Lew Rockwell: Blog: Ron Paul: Learn a Little Economics This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger If you are talking about raising the minimum wage from $7.25 and hour to 10-12 dollars an hour without any … Continue reading

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The American Thinker: Sierra Rayne: ‘Big Government & Lower Economic Growth’

Source:The American Thinker is a right-wing populist publication. Source:The New Democrat “Between 1800 and 1916, total government expenditures in the United States generally ranged between 2% and 3% of GDP. There were higher peaks for the War of 1812 (5.1%) … Continue reading

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TruthOut: Richard D. Wolff: ‘What GOP-Tea Party Risks With Block of New New Deal’

Source:TruthOut columnist & left-wing economist Richard D. Wolff. “The Republican-Tea Party alliance operates a weapon of mass deflection, protecting capitalism from criticism. Sadly, the Democrats neither expose nor attack the Republican project, says Wolff. Many Germans in the years before … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Milton Friedman: ‘A Conversation On The Free Market’

Source:Liberty Pen– Economics Professor Milton Friedman, talking about the so-called free market, in 1980. “From Milton’s award-winning series, “Free To Choose. Liberty Pen.” From Liberty Pen You can also see this post at Real Life Journal, on WordPress. The so-called free market is … Continue reading

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