Tag: corporations
Stop saying that! Limited liability does not mean what you think it means.
September 25, 2017 | Post
The next time someone starts explaining to you how government regulation is needed because corporations have the special privilege of limited liability, please channel Count Rugen.
No, corporations are not "people." But the First Amendment still applies.
July 5, 2017 | Post
A few weeks ago, I was on the toxic cesspool that Twitter has become, and got a reply to one of my Tweets: “You libertarians need to realize corporations=/=people if you want people to take you seriously.”
Countries are not companies
January 6, 2017 | Post
The problem is that business experience does not automatically translate into good economic policy.
AT&T Requires Police to Hide Hemisphere Phone Spying
November 9, 2016 | Post
Every day, AT&T adds four billion call records to Hemisphere, making it one of the largest known reservoirs of communications metadata that the government uses to spy on us.
Shouldn’t Big Businesses Just Be Nicer?
May 16, 2016 | Post
A small group of workers walked out at Walmart on Black Friday 2012, and the company has been for a few decades now a leading emblem of what is supposedly wrong with the modern global economy. Shouldn’t Walmart just be more generous? Not necessarily. First, the managers of corporations are answerable to their shareholders. This […]
All McDonald's Hamburgers Taste the Same, But You'll Need a Crash Course in Economics to Know Why
March 28, 2016 | Post
Markets can be regulated by the figurative force of competition or by the literal force of government. Which better protects buyers and sellers? Contrary to popular belief, regulation by competition usually renders regulation by government either unnecessary or counterproductive. Regulations are usually presented to the public as a matter of guarding the public interest and […]
Voluntary Exchange Makes Us All Better Off
February 15, 2016 | Post
Capitalism is frequently misrepresented on the news, on social media, and in numerous other places. These sources portray the big, evil company as the “dark side”, which is personified by a CEO. In contrast, the “mom and pop” small business owner is heroic – that is, until they become a “big player” and start “exploiting” […]
What You Probably Haven't Heard About Citizens United
February 2, 2016 | Post
Did the Supreme Court decision in the case Citizens United vs. FEC really sell out democracy to corporations? Professor Bradley Smith disagrees and explains why treating corporations as persons for purposes of the law is important and beneficial for society in this Learn Liberty video.