Tag Archives : Morality
Taxes, Morality, and Math
Taxes diminish freedom
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Capitalism and Morality
Markets generate higher income, better lives, and upward mobility.
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Was Jesus a Socialist Jesus
Jesus was no redistributionist.
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The Immorality of Socialism
Regardless of how it’s defined, it doesn’t work.
read more...How Big Government Sabotages Poor People and Enriches Well-Connected Fat Cats
Advocates for the Export-Import Bank are resorting to lies to justify the corrupt institution.
read more...The Moral Case for Free Enterprise
A couple of months ago, I discussed a column by Arthur Brooks, in which he explained that libertarians and conservatives need to make a moral argument for capitalism and not just rely on statistics and economic analysis. This is correct, I believe, and I cited myself as an example. When the flat tax became an […]
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The Moral Case for Capitalism and Small Government
We know that the United States and most other developed nations are in deep trouble if we leave government policy on auto-pilot. And we know the painful day of reckoning will arrive even faster if we continue the Bush-Obama policies of expanding the burden of the public sector. All this sounds very depressing, but the […]
read more...How to Reconcile Liberty, Morality, Conservatism, and Libertarianism with Carney’s Fusionist Theorem
As a libertarian who became interested in public policy because of Ronald Reagan, it won’t surprise you to know that I’m more of a “right libertarian” than “left libertarian.” I fully agree with positions that motivate left libertarians, such as the war on drugs doing more harm than good, foreign entanglements such as NATO no […]
read more...I May Be a “Dickhead,” but at Least Mercedes-Benz Had to Apologize
Along with many others, I complained a couple of days ago that Mercedes-Benz was morally bankrupt for using the image of a notorious racist, communist, and murderer as part of a marketing gimmick. Well, the company has backed down. We won. It’s only symbolic, but let’s enjoy a small victory. Here are some excerpts from […]
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Walter Williams on the Moral Difference Between Markets and Statism
Since starting this blog, I’ve cited several columns by Walter Williams (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), in large part because he’s so good at explaining economic concepts, but also because he’s very effective when demonstrating how big government undermines both freedom and […]
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