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Quietly creating freedom: Private communities and special economic zones
The astonishing growth in SEZs qualifies as a revolution of sorts, but not the usual, political kind.
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Emma Watson is right. Feminism is about choice.
Watson offered up a simple truism about feminism that is more powerful than it might sound: “Feminism is about giving women choice.”
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Women prosper when markets are free
Today is International Women’s Day and, in some of the least surprising news of the day, it turns out that women’s equality ties into economic freedom. International Women’s Day was founded by the American Socialist Party in 1909 and usually ends up celebrating women in government, politics, and statism, but let’s look at something else. […]
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What America needs most right now is more economic freedom.
If human flourishing is our goal, we must return to a society where economic freedom is championed.
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The case of post-Soviet Georgia shows us that economic freedom and human dignity are inseparable
I was still a Soviet citizen when I first read some of the international documents on human, economic, and political rights.
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Capitalism & slavery
The most far-fetched myth that I’ve encountered recently is that the wealth of the modern Western world, especially that of the United States, is the product of slavery.
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A political economist explains the best way to shrink the government in 9 charts
Let’s say that you’re a policymaker interested in reducing the size of government. Strategically, is it easier to cut government regulation or roll back the welfare state (thereby reducing government spending)?
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Why Enterprise Is an Honorable Calling
A good part of the ethics of enterprise is reflected in the integrity, discipline, and quality of character that must enter into those individuals who choose the role of entrepreneurial leadership.
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Economic freedom and economic harmony
The right of humans to freely cooperate on an open market is the surest way to bring about not only economic, but human harmony.
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You Might Be Fined for Selling Your Car
After putting a “For Sale” sign in the window of his car, which was parked on the street outside his home, Michael Cefali was surprised to receive a $50 ticket from the city of San Juan Capistrano. According to the Orange County Register, Cefali violated a city code which “prohibits the parking of a vehicle […]
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Bernie Is Not A Socialist and America Is Not Capitalist
From The Atlantic’s Marian Tupy: Let us start at the well of the socialist renewal, the Vermont senator. Sanders, as everyone knows, calls himself a “democratic socialist.” The word “democratic” is fundamental here, because historically socialism has not, typically, come about as a result of free and fair elections. In most socialist countries, like the […]
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