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3 Harmful Ideas That Are Weakening My Generation | Tyler Brandt
It's a tough time for Generation Z. Depression and anxiety rates are skyrocketing and suicide rates are the highest ever. What's to account for this? The answer may lie in "three Great Untruths" that negatively impact the well-being of my generation.
The Campus Counter-Revolution against Liberty | Richard M. Ebeling
Much has been rightly said about recent attacks on conservative, libertarian, and other non-Leftist speakers on college and university campuses around the country. We should also appreciate that this is the renewed counter-revolution, which we have seen for a century, against the philosophical individualist and market-based foundations of the modern world.
The Soviet and Nazi Inception: A Married Ideology | Joshua Hofford
The economic practice of the Nazis and Soviets was very similar. Doomed shawls of Soviet Marxism can be replaced with cursed vests of National Socialism, but each hid the rotten mask of the utopian paradise-one created from the hammer-and-sickle and swastika.
Social Justice: When Good Becomes Evil? | Devin Foley
Traditionally in the West, Justice was defined as, "To give to each his due." Western men were expected to judge the individual and his actions against what were then considered objective truths. For anyone watching the culture these days, especially on college campuses, it should be clear that that's no longer the accepted understanding of Justice.
7 Things I'd Do if I Wanted to Keep Poor People Poor | Brian Balfour
If I wanted to keep poor people poor, there are several government policies I would favor. Let's count them down. For starters, I would advocate for a robust and ever-expanding welfare state-programs like Medicaid, food stamps, unemployment insurance, etc.
Can Americans Remember the Virtue of Independence (and the Corrosiveness of Dependence)? | Barry Brownstein
Many virtues help maintain freedom, beginning with keeping our word and honoring our contracts. Deceit corrodes liberty. Essential to freedom is respect for the rights and property of others-our rights are only as strong as our respect for the rights of others.
Union-Free Contracts and the Freedom of Association | Gary M. Galles
The just-announced Janus decision that mandated union fees for government employees were unconstitutional is a blockbuster decision increasing liberty in the labor market. However, it was not this term's only decision defending worker freedom. In an important case, the Supreme Court just held, 5-4, in Epic Systems v.
Why Do People Become Communists, and Why Do They Stick With It?
For as long as I can remember, I've puzzled about why people become communists. I have no doubt about why someone would stop being one. After all, we have a century of evidence of the murder, famine, and general destruction caused by the idea. Ignoring all this takes a special kind of willful blindness to reality.
3 Government "Solutions" That Harm Minority Communities | Jordan Setayesh
Many politicians often cite their motives as focused on protecting historically marginalized groups from exploitation and oppression. I don't think anyone objects to this goal. The question is not if we should attempt to maximize opportunities for minorities, but rather if government is a suitable mechanism for achieving those aims. It is no coincidence that minorities often struggle the most in domains of social and economic life where the government is most involved.
No, CEOs Don't Make 350 Times More Than Their Employees | Mark J. Perry
Just like last year, the CEO-to-worker pay ratio reported by the AFL-CIO gets my annual "Biggest Blindly Accepted Statistical Fairy Tale of the Year Award." Well no, it's actually a tie with the gender wage gap myth and the incessantly repeated "77 cents on the dollar" statistical falsehood.
Americans Are "Voting with their Feet" against High-Tax States Like California | Daniel J. Mitchell
California is a lot like France. They're both wonderful places to visit. And they're both great places to live if you already have a lot of money. But neither jurisdiction is very friendly to people who want to get rich. And, thanks to tax competition, that's having a meaningful impact on migration patterns.