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Mises Knew That the Division of Labor Promotes Peace

February 19, 2018

As Mises explains in Liberalism, the most impactful argument against war comes in the form of a basic economic principle from which we each benefit: the division of labor.

How Entrepreneurs Would Solve The School Shooting Problem.

February 17, 2018

Entrepreneurs are creative. They find new ideas, either in their own heads or from others. They will gather and assess all the ideas, test the ones with most promise, measure the outcomes, and advance the ones with best results.

The Entrepreneur Will Save the American Health Care System

February 17, 2018

Instead of looking to Washington to fix a problem they are at least partially responsible for creating, the private market has taken matters into its own hands by providing options.

Trump And Hayek: On The Same Page.

February 14, 2018

Progressives' goal is the entire reconstruction of society, and their views are a threat to civilization, says Hayek. Conservatives err when they try to maintain their own personal standing within the existing order without resisting this anti-civilizational crusade.

How Entrepreneurship Is Changing the Lives of Prison Inmates

February 13, 2018

Where the state and the correctional system it created has failed to rehabilitate former convicts, the private sector has succeeded in lower recidivism through entrepreneurship.

The Greatest Showman and the Beauty of the Entrepreneurial Spirit

February 11, 2018

There is so much more to this film than the baseline story of society’s outcasts finding success through unconventional means. Above all, The Greatest Showman is a tribute to the entrepreneurial spirit.

Who Trump Forgot to Include in His Support of Right to Try Laws

February 10, 2018

Unfortunately, under Trump’s vision, tyrannical foreign policy will continue, the drug war will continue, and those plagued by trauma run the risk of taking their own lives before the state allows them access to potentially lifesaving treatments.

Economic Growth Precedes And Enhances Economic Equality

February 10, 2018

A real push is also necessary in the economics trade itself. The most important step to put markets where they belong—in first place in the economic discussion. The greatest hope lies in the fostering of new institutions that will, in turn, nurture economics thinkers who dare to acknowledge the merits of markets.

Crypto Entrepreneurs Now Have the Power to Change the World

February 9, 2018

The rise of cryptocurrency has presented a new opportunity for real-life heroes to truly enact change through entrepreneurial means.

Entrepreneurs Drive The Economy. We Know How, But We Don’t Measure It Very Well. Part 2.

February 9, 2018

There's a new measurement of economic activity called Gross Output. GO measures spending throughout the entire production process, at every entrepreneurial stage. This is consistent with economic growth theory – entrepreneurs drive growth.

Economic Concepts That Everyone Needs to Understand

February 7, 2018

As the new year gets underway, why not make a goal to read more about the essential economic principles.

Entrepreneurs drive the economy. We know how, but we don’t measure it very well.

February 7, 2018

What exactly do entrepreneurs do to steer the economic ship? The founder of the Austrian School, Carl Menger, had defined this very precisely in his 1871 book, Principles Of Economics. (We’ve known this stuff for a long time.)

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