Topics

International Trade, Foreign Investment, Exploitation

• More Trade Barriers Means More Corruption

• Do Foreign Investments Impoverish a Nation?

• Exploitation by Multinational Corporations

• If Tariffs Are Bad, Then Why Does China Have Them?

• George Ayittey on the Failure of Foreign Aid

Democracy, Free Speech

• Thoughts on the Murder of Charlie Kirk

• The Root Cause of Big Money in Politics

• Is North Korea Freer Than South Korea?

Capitalism, Liberalism, Libertarianism

• What is “Liberalism”?

• African Nations Need More Capitalism

• Capitalism and Child Labor

Taxes

• Tax Rates vs. Tax Revenues

• Did High Tax Rates in the 1950s Create American Prosperity?

Inequality

• Is Wealth Inequality a Problem in a Market-Oriented Economy?

• Are Billionaires Enemies of Humanity?

• Why Do Workers Earn More in Some Countries Than in Others?

• Can You Have Too Much Income Equality?

Socialism and Central Planning

• Socialism and Coercion

• Lenin’s Theory of Imperialism

• Zohran Mamdani and State-Run Supermarkets

• Zohran Mamdani Seizing the Means of Production

• Capitalism and Ugly Big Box Stores

• “Planned” vs. “Unplanned” Economies

Labor Unions, Licensing, Minimum Wage, Automation

• How Occupational Licensing Can Harm Consumers

• Banning Automation to Save Jobs

• Why Do Labor Unions Support Minimum Wage Laws?

• “Artificial Intelligence Will Destroy Jobs, Impoverish the Masses, and Enrich the Elite”

Environmentalism, Degrowth, Overpopulation

• Population Control Brutality in India

• China’s Population Control

• Reducing Carbon Emissions to Save Underdeveloped Nations

• Should Environmentalists Be Happy About Rising Oil Prices?

The Communist Party of China

• Why Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward Failed

Race

• Do African Nations Deserve Reparations for the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

• An Unintended Consequence of Affirmative Action

• Does “Racial Capitalism” Explain Poverty in the Global South?

• The Persecution of Successful Minorities

• “Looting Does No Real Harm; Businesses Have Insurance”

Prices, Profits, Rent Control, Monopoly

• How Rent Control Reduces the Quality of Housing

• How Rent Control Reduces the Supply of Housing

• “Capitalists Keep Housing Scarce So They Can Increase Their Profits”

• What Does it Mean to Put “People Before Profits”?

• Program Evaluation and the Affordable Housing Crisis

• The Problem with Anti-Price Gouging Laws

• Fears of Monopoly in a Relatively Free Market

Welfare

• Walter E. Williams and Ibram X. Kendi on Welfare Hypocrisy

• The Welfare State and Inflation

War

• Warfare and the Economy