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Lying in Business
In my years of teaching ethics to business students, I must have heard it all when it comes to justifying deception and lying in business.
Making Moral Business Choices
True self-interest cannot involve cynical exploitation of others through initiation of physical force or fraud
Bill Gates Against Capitalism and Freedom
I wish that people who make millions or billions of dollars, such as Bill Gates, would stop denigrating and seeking to undermine the very system that enabled them to be successful in the first place: capitalism.
Self Interest and The “Common Good”
A common exhortation heard today is: Set self-interest aside and act for the “common good.” Businesspeople in particular are accused of selfishness and are told (by media commentators, NGOs, and ethicists, among others) to serve the “common good.” This exhortation...
Video: Why Businessmen Should Not Give Something Back
Don Watkins, co-author of the national bestseller “Free Market Revolution,” argues that businessmen do not have an obligation to “give something back.”
How Mark Zuckerberg Could Truly Make The World a Better Place
If Zuckerberg truly wants to eliminate poverty and find cures for diseases, most of his money should be invested in profit-seeking businesses.
Uber is The Entrepreneurial Hero; Socialist Regulators Are The Real Bullies
The beauty of the Uber model is that it actually makes free trade between Uber’s drivers and their customers possible, without the intrusion of the regulatory state.
Volkswagen’s Cheating Was Not Selfish But Self Destructive
In cheating customers and others, VW was not acting selfishly but self-destructively.
Crony Socialism: Government Bailouts Do Not Save Jobs
Can the government simply loan failing businesses money and “save jobs?”
Wage Theft
The actual “wage thieves” are the politicians and others who impose minimum wage laws and other directives on the private sector. By impairing and ultimately destroying economic growth, politicians like Hillary Clinton are the ultimate wage thieves.
Making Good Business Decisions
A quality decision is one that leads to achievement of values.
Apple vs. the Goliath U.S. Government
It does not matter how rich Apple is, or becomes. In the end, the government can do whatever it wants, at least so long as it keeps pushing the limits outside of its Constitutional boundaries, while our courts and citizens do absolutely nothing.
Errors in the “Stakeholder” Approach to Running a Business
The “stakeholder” approach is based on the mistaken premise that everyone that makes a claim on a business must be—or deserves to be—treated equally, and that the business must appease every critic.
Capitalism Does Not Breed “Tyrannical” Bosses
Tyranny—the cruel and oppressive treatment of others by those in positions of power—is not possible under capitalism.
No Need to Boycott Amazon.com
There is absolutely no moral reason to boycott the company.
Entrepreneurs: Breaking the Bureaucracy of Rules
FedEx turned out to be much better than the U.S. Postal Service, teens ignore Hollywood and become rich and famous on YouTube, people skip hotels and find rooms via Airbnb and so on. Who knows what discoveries await if we don’t let tired old rules get in the way?
Business Hero: Resolute Forest Products CEO Richard Garneau
Resolute Forest Products’s CEO Richard Garneau is a business hero.
The War on Uber
Hillary Clinton gave a speech warning that the new "sharing economy" of businesses such as the ride-hailing company Uber is "raising hard questions about workplace protections." Democrats hate what labor unions hate, and a taxi drivers' union hates Uber, too. Its NYC...
Mayor de Blasio Bully Villain; Uber American Hero
Uber is hugely successful, posing a threat (via competition) to New York city’s cab companies. The mayor and other members of the New York City government seek to protect those cab companies by throttling, impeding or otherwise undercutting Uber.
Pragmatism is Impractical in the Long Run
Why does it rule in business?
Wealth Gap
Nearly 10,000 people turned out to hear Bernie Sanders in Wisconsin. Why? Apparently, many Democrats want socialism.
Kudos to Exxon CEO for Not Appeasing Climate Doomsdayers
The Exxon CEO is a rare exception, with the courage to defend his company’s moral right to pursue its own interest: profitable production of fossil fuels.
Are Hedge Funds Worth More Than Kindergartens?
"The top 25 hedge fund managers made more than all the kindergarten teachers in the country," declared President Obama in a discussion of poverty at Georgetown University. Calling them “society’s lottery winners,” he proposed to hike their taxes. Predictably, battle...
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