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The Progressivism Of The Future Is Really Just The Socialism Of The Past.

October 20, 2020

Behind popular promises such as the end of poverty and hunger, healthy lives, equitable education, and gender equality lurks the agenda to impose global socialism. Demands for sustainable consumption and production patterns, and building inclusive societies for sustainable development, are parts of an overriding plan to do away with the market economy and to impose comprehensive state planning.

Existence Proves America’s Independent Virtues and Servant Leadership’s Sacrificial Vices.

October 19, 2020

You think everything that breathes can live? You've learned differently, I know. For Kira, her life, and Leo's, were their primary standard of value. They were exceptional because they took ownership of their futures. "Now look at me! I was born and I knew I was alive and I knew what I wanted. Something that knows how to want, isn't that life itself?"

Will Gen Z Make America Socialist?

October 18, 2020

There is a growing resentment of anything considered “capitalist.” Capitalism is a dirty word these days. Based on an analysis of the coming generation of youth voters, America could be at the start of a shift in public policy. It looks like younger generations could favor policies more common in socialist countries, setting the stage for the start of the new decade.

There’s No Real Science When Politicians “Follow The Science”. It’s Scientism, Something Quite Different.

October 17, 2020

The mantra of “follow the science” is not unique to the politics of the virus. Politicians offer a similar justification for policies on climate change. Just as the science about Covid-19 “justifies” lockdowns, the science of climate change is used to support spending and regulatory policy that will deliver zero net emissions.

Big Government Rules, Big Business Kowtows.

October 16, 2020

If you were a businessman at the head of a great corporation you would think three times before you spoke out on a major issue: about the IRS getting ready to come and audit your accounts; about the Department of Justice standing only too ready to launch an antitrust suit against you; and about the FTC attacking your advertising; and the FDA attacking the products you produce. You are not free to speak if you are in that position.

Why Are Politicians Wrong About COVID Policies? Because They Use The Wrong Kind Of Thinking.

October 15, 2020

How can the devastation still be running so rampant — and have segued, unchecked, from deadly disease to economic disaster? Our diagnosis, not as medical experts but as students of leadership, is that many leaders stumbled in the fundamental step of determining the nature of the challenge they faced and identifying the different kinds of thinking that had to be brought to bear on it at different points.

Right Now Is A Great Time To Start A Business.

October 14, 2020

While many existing businesses have been forced to shut down, optimistic newcomers push ahead, in part out of a joy in being their own boss. The pandemic has produced a supercharged version of “creative destruction,” the theory that a good economy thrives when older businesses lose their way and innovative ones spot an opening.

Setting The Record Straight On Income Inequality.

October 13, 2020

Income equality has no moral basis: there is no ethical reason why people ought to earn exactly the same, especially when the productivity and importance of different forms of labor vary. Thankfully, the American people agree. It’s why an overwhelming 77% of them value freedom over equality.

Pursuit of Happiness and the Virtue of Selfishness, Or Politics of Pull and the Vices of Selflessness.

October 12, 2020

Kira was selfish - she wanted to live as people were meant to live. Instead of pounding sand in a society of zeroes, Kira wanted to turn it into cement and glass, or maybe silicon wafers some day. Morozov's looting was an evasion of reality and utterly selfless. It was his death sentence in the court of moral justice.

Government Stimulus Spending Is Extracted From Prior Private Production, And Is Therefore De-Stimulating.

October 11, 2020

Should the political class that helped depress the economy be empowered to centrally plan its revival? The revival plan amounts to politicians passing around the trillions of others and just adds to the Twilight Zone nature of today’s economic discussion. The economy is weak, so hand trillions to Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell to revive it with.

7,621 Scientists And Medical Practitioners Say: Re-Open Immediately And Completely.

October 10, 2020

The young and healthy should resume normal activity in order to incur herd immunity and thereby protect those vulnerable to severe illness. The authors urge the adoption of this strategy, which they call “Focused Protection,” in light of increasing evidence that “current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health.

Prosperity, As Measured By Increasing Per Capita GDP, Is Enhancing Everyone’s Lives. Why Is the Left Against It?

October 9, 2020

Despite the astounding success of the free enterprise system in producing unprecedented prosperity, antagonism toward capitalism is growing, and popular politicians are adopting platforms that are essentially socialist. Capitalism has never been more fruitful and never more hated by its beneficiaries than it is today.

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