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Books: The Moral Case for Finance
The essential moral case for finance that Brook and Watkins present is that finance is good by the standard of human flourishing.
Appeasing The Campus “Thought Police”: UCLA Bans Book at a Free Speech Event
If today’s students are increasingly hostile to intellectual freedom, can we really expect tomorrow’s voters, lawyers, judges, politicians to uphold free speech?
Ludwig von Mises’s Majestic Magnum Opus, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
Ludwig von Mises’s majestic magnum opus, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, was published on September 14, 1949. In the nearly seven decades since its appearance, Human Action has come to be recognized as one of the truly great classics of modern economics.
Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics
“Whether one is a conservative or a radical, a protectionist or a free trader, a cosmopolitan or a nationalist, a churchman or a heathen, it is useful to know the causes and consequences of economic phenomena.”
The Errors in Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century
Capital accumulation and more production, not egalitarianism and its absurd theories and programs, are the foundation of rising living standards in general and rising real wages in particular.
Fairness for Capitalism Pledge: An Open Letter to Warren Buffett
You and your fellow billionaires should make this policy on the part of the colleges and universities an absolute condition of receiving donations or bequests from you for any purpose. You could think of it, perhaps, as the “Fairness for Capitalism Pledge.”
Books: I Am John Galt
?This newly released book is by Donald Luskin and Andrew Greta. Mr. Luskin is Chief Investment Officer of an investment strategy company, TrendMacro. He's also well known as an author and a commentator on CNBC. He has recently had several op-eds published in the Wall...
Differing Reactions to Ayn Rand’s Novel Atlas Shrugged
It’s hard to get your mind around this, but a lot of people are really put off by Atlas Shrugged.
Atlas Shrugged: Who Runs Taggart Transcontinental?
“That’s who runs Taggart Transcontinental,” said the engineer; the respect in his voice was genuine. “That’s the Vice-President in Charge of Operation.”
Book Review of Andrew Bernstein’s “Capitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights”
Andrew Bernstein’s Capitalism Unbound stunningly shows why and how the protection of individual rights gives rise to prosperity, and creates a nation of benevolently generous wealth holders.
Capitalism Unbound: The Truth About Capitalism
Andrew Bernstein’s Capitalism UnBound stunningly shows why and how the protection of individual rights gives rise to prosperity and creates a nation of benevolently generous wealth holders.
An Open Letter to America’s Students–Will “Atlas Shrugged” Change your Life Forever?
Some 95% of my students report that “Atlas Shrugged” is the best book they’ve ever read. No book that I’ve taught comes remotely close to fostering a more robust exchange of ideas in the classroom.
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America
“Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation” by Professor Allen C. Guelzo of Gettysburg College, that sets Lincoln in the context of the world in which he lived.
Red Star Over Hollywood: The Film Colony’s Long Romance With the Left
Ayn Rand was ridiculed and derided for years by journalists like Victor Navasky for her evaluation of Song of Russia. But she was completely correct.
Loving Life: A Case-Study in Presenting Objectivism Objectively
Loving Life is an introduction to the Objectivist Ethics that assumes no prior knowledge of Ayn Rand’s ideas.
Introduction to “The Capitalist Manifesto”
An Excerpt from the first draft of the Introduction to Andrew Bernstein’s forthcoming book The Capitalist Manifesto.
Books: The Biological Basis of Teleological By Harry Binswanger
This is an original, comprehensive treatise in the field of philosophy of science.
Books: The Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises
In The Theory of Money and Credit, Mises shows that money was originally developed by men in a market setting.
American Steel: Hot Metal Men and the Resurrection of the Rust Belt by Richard Preston
This is the riveting story of a company that dared to develop a revolutionary method of steel-production, which the rest of the industry had dismissed as too risky.
The War Against The Intellect by Peter Shaw
It is the radical thesis of this extraordinary book that rationality is under assault by the academic community.
Breaking The Banks Central Banking Problems and Free Banking Solutions by Richard Salsman
This book is an uncompromising argument for freedom in the realm of banking.
C. Bradley Thompson on John Adams and The Spirit of Liberty
C. Bradley Thompson is the Chairman of the Department of History and Political Science at Ashland University in Ohio. He received his Ph.D at Brown University. He has also been a visiting fellow at Harvard University, a John Adams Fellow at the University of London,...
The Wealth Creators by Gerald Gunderson
The radical nature of this book is fully captured by its title. For it is Gunderson's theme that wealth is created—not stolen, exploited or simply stumbled upon. He argues that creative thinking is what underlies the act of creating wealth. To defend this thesis, the...
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