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21 Mar

Posted at 08:21h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by

(Don Boudreaux) Tweet… is from page 127 of John Mueller’s superb 1999 book, Capitalism, Democracy, & Ralph’s Pretty Good Grocery: Intellectuals who consider business to be boring, mindlessly repetitive, unsatisfying, or lacking in daring, courage, and imagination have never tried to run – much less start...

20 Mar

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William Happer, emeritus professor of physics at Princeton and an expert on climate, recently explained why today’s “climate frenzy” is not a crisis. Harper spoke at a seminar sponsored by Hillsdale College.  Among the highlights: “The best way to think about the frenzy over climate is...

20 Mar

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Some recommendations for developing compassion, courage, determination, fairness, grit, honesty, patience, respect, responsibility, self-motivation, and temperance.We may be witnessing the resurgence of character education. There seems to be renewed interest in what was, for eons, a core element of education—teaching young people the attributes...

20 Mar

Posted at 13:31h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by

(Don Boudreaux) TweetI’m starting here at Cafe Hayek a new series titled “Who Says Capitalism Doesn’t Work?” (I almost titled it: “Who Says Ordinary Americans Aren’t Amazingly Prosperous?”) The series will feature goods, services, events, and experiences that only a people magnificently rich can afford. Here’s my...

20 Mar

Posted at 13:30h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by

In 2008, I wrote a book, The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. I warned, based on my study of closing democracies in 20th century history, that America needed to beware of a slide toward totalitarianism. I warned that would-be tyrants, whether...

20 Mar

Posted at 13:29h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by

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20 Mar

Posted at 13:28h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by

What makes somebody “essential?” Governmental and societal responses to Covid-19 have revolved around classifying certain types of human behavior and individuals themselves as “essential” or “nonessential.” But what is the meaning of this distinction?  Essential to whom? Essential to what end? Who has the ability to...