Since Adam Smith wrote and released his brilliant The Wealth of Nations, we’ve been told that the economy needs to globalize. “Comparative advantage,” “building a… Read More »Want to Prevent Future Supply Chain Crises? Buy American
Introduction One core tenet of economic and political thought, generally on the libertarian and conservative side, is that the market is a separate entity from… Read More »Review of “The American Political Economy” by Marc Eisner
Introduction Because of my school schedule, I have had trouble with writing book reviews as frequently as I would like to. I apologize for that… Read More »Review of “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” by Max Weber
Introduction I’m often asked to provide a list of books that conservatives should read. Not formally, of course, but people I know that like to… Read More »10 Books that Conservatives Should Read Right Now
The Quote by Grover Norquist on Regulations “Regulations can make things worse. A well-named regulation can do great damage. Regulations sometimes do the opposite of… Read More »An Excellent Quote by Grover Norquist on Regulations and the Problems They Create
A Young Conservative’s Thoughts on Why Democrats are Professional Looters If someone, without asking your consent, regularly took a percentage of your money without giving… Read More »Democrats are Professional Looters
Introduction As you can probably guess from my dozens of book reviews, I love reading. Military history, political philosophy, investing and finance books, and books… Read More »5 Books to Read During Quarantine
Introduction Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson is an excellent book about why the West dominated the rest of the world for… Read More »Review of Civilization: The West and The Rest by Niall Ferguson
The Quote by Scott Walker on Socialism and Freedom “Go back into your communities and share the message: the contrast of socialism is freedom.” Scott… Read More »Scott Walker on Socialism and Freedom
Why America Must avoid the Virus of Socialism As I recently wrote about in my article on the Coronavirus and socialism epidemic in China, socialism… Read More »America Must Avoid the Virus of Socialism
The Competing Quotes: “Of course I am a socialist. To hold a vision that society can be fundamentally different, to believe that all people can… Read More »Are Socialists Compassionate?
The Quote: “If socialists understood economics, they wouldn’t be socialists.” -Friedrich von Hayek answering “Do Socialists Understand Economics?” My Take on “Do Socialists Understand Economics?”… Read More »Do Socialists Understand Economics?
Introduction When I started The Libertarian Reader, I was intrigued but not necessarily excited. The general topic seemed interesting, but, as I stated in my… Read More »Review of The Libertarian Reader
My Thoughts on Private Innovation and Government Stagnation For some reason, private companies always beat public projects. SpaceX is far better at innovating and sending… Read More »Private Innovation and Government Stagnation
Introduction to Capitalism and Freedom Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman is a book that, in addition to The Wealth of Nations and Atlas Shrugged,… Read More »Review of Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
The Quote by Adam Smith on the Rising Tide of Capitalism: “It is the great multiplication of the productions of all the different arts, in… Read More »Adam Smith on the Rising Tide of Capitalism
My Take on How Minimum Wage Laws Work: Capitalism is regarded as a just system by its proponents because it is voluntary. That voluntary nature… Read More »How Minimum Wage Laws Work
Introduction to My The Wealth of Nations Review: When Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations, I doubt that he expected for it to have… Read More »Review of “The Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith
Marcus Aurelius’s Exhortation to Get out of Bed and Build Something: “At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have… Read More »Get Out of Bed and Build Something
Adam Smith on Ambition: The Quote: “Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and… Read More »Adam Smith on Ambition