Tag: division of labor
“America First!” and Anti-Social Communitarianism
February 11, 2017 | Post
The problem with communitarianism is that many communitarians make for bad community members. Many of them are “society first, individual second!” to the point of being anti-social. They aren’t the kind of people you’d want to live near. Look, I get why people like community. I live in a fairly tight-knit community myself. We have little […]
How to get millions of people working for you
January 8, 2017 | Post
“The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.” — Adam Smith
Markets make your holiday feast bigger, better, and cheaper than ever
December 16, 2016 | Post
Market economies have continually driven down the real cost of food, enabling more and more people to consume more calories and a wider variety of higher quality food.
One economist’s final words before being devoured by zombies
October 31, 2016 | Post
The final moments of an economist amidst a horde of zombies.