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The Left Forgets What Martin Luther King Stood For.

Yesterday’s values prepared blacks to walk through the doors of opportunity opened to them through civil rights. Family, faith, character and moral behavior were all crucial to their victories. Today’s social-justice warriors trade on the currency of oppression.

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The European Green Deal Is Worse Than AOC's. Hers Is Fantasy. Theirs Will Be Law.

by Bill Wirtz via austriancenter.com

Brussels will legislate economic constrains to target net-zero emissions by 2050, and a plan to boost the bloc’s 2030 target for emissions cuts from at least 40 percent reduction to between 50 percent and 55 percent compared to 1990 levels.

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Wages And Opportunities Are Surging For Everyone In The USA. Only The Elite Snobs Fail To See It.

by John Tamny via realclearmarkets.com

The New York Times reported in 2017 that retail giant Walmart had spent $2.7 billion in the two previous years “on training and raising wages for 1.2 million of its store workers.” Walmart similarly recognizes how crucial is talent acquisition and retention.

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Government Bureaucrats Screw Up Our Dishwashers And Our Showerheads, To Name Just Two Ways They Worsen Our Lives.

by John Merline via issuesinsights.com

Not everybody understands that these annoyances are the result of mandates handed down by a few unelected bureaucrats sitting in cubicles in Washington, D.C. By exposing the link, there's a better chance of creating legions of small-government advocates than via lectures about Adam Smith.

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Our Natural Behavior Is Virtuous, Sympathetic and Kind, Despite What Economists Say.

by Russ Roberts via econlib.org

Sometimes we do the right thing simply because it is the right thing. Economists tend to see the entire world as a giant cost-benefit analysis. Everything is self-interested. This is the wrong way to think about it.

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The Trump Equilibrium Model Beats The Academic Economists' Models In Real Life.

by Peter Navarro via wsj.com

This jarring disconnect between the forecasts and the real Trump economy would be comical if the policy stakes weren’t so high. What is missing from these forecasts is a “general equilibrium” analysis of tariffs, with a “dynamic scoring” of their effects, to account for the new investment tariffs induce.

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Poetic Justice Warrior Spotlight: The Introverted Drummer and Philosopher of Progressive Rock - Neil Peart Was His Own Hero

by Mark Shupe

What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession." Neil Peart's first master instructor was the legendary jazz drummer Gene Krupa.

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Where Are The Entrepreneurs To Bring America The Honest, Trusted News Media We Need?

by Rachel Bovard via amgreatness.com

Having squandered the public’s trust, desperate media liberals can now only satisfy their corporate advertisers’ demand for eyeballs with sensationalized hype. Liberal journalists can’t just report the news now, because—like the boy who cried wolf⁠—no one really believes them.

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It's Unequal! Lower Paid Workers' Wages Are Growing Fastest In The Current Employment Surge.

by WSJ Editorial Board at wsj.com

During the Trump Presidency, wages for the bottom 10% of earners over age 25 rose an average 5.9% annually compared to 2.4% during Barack Obama’s second term, according to the latest demographic data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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The Center for Individualism exists to revive individualism in America. We seek to be a catalyst for cultural change and a hub for all who aspire to live a self-reliant life. We produce content, curate resources, provide services, and facilitate relationships that empower people to achieve their personal and economic ambitions. Our purpose is to support individuals in building a better life for themselves – and in so doing, to build a better society for all.

Principles History Mission and Vision Initiatives

Adam Smith Knew That Empathy Is The Core Skill In Economics, And, As It Turns Out, Baseball.

Doesn’t It Seem Like An Odd Strategy For Senators To Tell Us Not To Trust Them Or The Supreme Court?

The Hayekian Nature Of The World Cup Penalty Shoot-Out.

Don’t Drain The Swamp, Eliminate The Swamp.

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by Hunter Hastings

Terms of Endearment – Galt’s Gulch Remembers Neil Peart

The Frightening Road To Leftist Utopia.

The Left Forgets What Martin Luther King Stood For.

The European Green Deal Is Worse Than AOC's. Hers Is Fantasy. Theirs Will Be Law.

Wages And Opportunities Are Surging For Everyone In The USA. Only The Elite Snobs Fail To See It.

Government Bureaucrats Screw Up Our Dishwashers And Our Showerheads, To Name Just Two Ways They Worsen Our Lives.

Our Natural Behavior Is Virtuous, Sympathetic and Kind, Despite What Economists Say.

The Trump Equilibrium Model Beats The Academic Economists' Models In Real Life.

Poetic Justice Warrior Spotlight: The Introverted Drummer and Philosopher of Progressive Rock - Neil Peart Was His Own Hero

Where Are The Entrepreneurs To Bring America The Honest, Trusted News Media We Need?

It's Unequal! Lower Paid Workers' Wages Are Growing Fastest In The Current Employment Surge.

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