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We Should Encourage Child Entrepreneurs, Not Fine Them

November 2, 2017

Over the past several years, there has been a crackdown on child entrepreneurs. But one state took huge steps to protect the neighborhood lemonade stand.

Struggling To Innovate? Short Of Problem-Solving Ideas? Check Your Metaphor.

November 1, 2017

Super-connecting is the new metaphor of entrepreneurship. The entrepreneur today is an orchestrator, a super-connector of knowledge, technology, collaborators and capital. All of these inputs are available in real time as a result of today’s technologies.

Hayek Warned against One-Size-Fits-All Health Care Policies

October 31, 2017

You can't plan for an economy comprised of individual beings. Since each has different goals and desires, one-size-fits-all policies are impossible.

We Invent New Institutions Every Day. Let The Old Ones Die.

October 30, 2017

The maturing technologies of cloud computing, cognitive computing, virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, global exchange and logistics platforms can all provide the individual with self-directed, self-resourcing economic power. If the old institutions decay around us, we need not worry, because the new ones are forming and will serve us much better.

Government Red Tape Forces Nutritionist out of Business

October 29, 2017

Heather Kokesch Del Castillo was unsatisfied with her career.…

Hayek Was Right: Technological Progress Does Not Create Monopolies

October 27, 2017

As Hayek has pointed out, state planning always serves to inhibit true competition. This is as true now as it was in the mid-1940s.

Be Cautious Of “Harmless” Government Regulations

October 25, 2017

Regulatory practices should be fought at every step. After all, if you give the government an inch, they will take a mile.

The Noble Life Of The Creative And Ethical Entrepreneur.

October 23, 2017

Economists seem to believe that life should be conducted in a…

Labor Unions and Bastiat’s “Candlestick Makers’ Petition”

October 23, 2017

Frederic Bastiat’s brilliant satirical essay, “Candlestick Makers’ Petition,” uses hyperbole to highlight the absurdity of claims espoused by unions today.

What Wage Crusaders Don’t Understand About Human Action

October 19, 2017

To reduce each individual decision down to a person’s gender is not only insulting, it also completely neglects the importance of human action.

“Digital Leninism” Is The High Tech Threat To Individual Freedom.

October 18, 2017

Here at https//:centerforindividualism.org, we certainly believe that the emerging technologies of cloud computing, global exchange platforms, artificial intelligence and blockchain can augment individual capabilities and release us from collectivism and dependent relationships on governments and corporations. However, we also recognize that, in the hands of bad actors, there are modern technologies that can be employed for the opposite purpose: the subjection of individuals.

Three Arguments against a Universal Basic Income

October 17, 2017

If we cannot financially maintain our current system, it would be an unwise to believe we could somehow afford a universal basic income.

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Raushan Gross: Socialism Cannot Work, Not Even in an AI-Driven Economy

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