Tag Archives: Capitalism

Liberty Pen: Jordan Peterson- Inside The Marxist Worldview

Source: The New Democrat I agree with Jordan Peterson that Karl Max and his supporters seem to have this all or nothing attitude when it comes to economics. That if you allow wealth and success in the economy, those things … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Nick Gillespie Interviewing Frank Furedi- College Students Think Freedom is Not a Big Deal

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review As someone who didn’t even graduate college I’m probably not the right spokesperson for this, (to say the least) but I’ve always believed that college is supposed to be a … 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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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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