I had the fortunate pleasure of growing up surrounded by supremely talented musicians. Raised in a community where music was highly valued, I was exposed to a wide variety of instruments and genres. But what was most exciting about this in hindsight, was the lessons music taught me about spontaneous order.
While the public education system has done much to disappoint many Americans over the years, it is no wonder that the millennial generation accustomed to choice in every aspect of their lives, favors more educational opportunities for their own children.
Capitalism has allowed wealth to be created while also creating abundant value in the lives of all those who reap the benefits of innovation: which is every single actor involved in the market process, both consumer and creator.
Indeed, humans could learn a lot from paying more attention to the emergent order of the animal kingdom, and less attention to arbitrary and uninformed central authority.
Fortunately, thanks to the technological advances we have seen during our lifetimes there are now alternatives to earning a four-year degree that might actually help you get ahead in the job market while saving time and money.
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.
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.
Comprised of other successful entrepreneurs and business-savvy individuals, the Committee’s goal was simple: find private funding for the Olympic Games, a feat that had never been done before.
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.
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.
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