Tag Archives: economic freedom
Capitalism: The Enemy of Poverty
Argentina tried it all. And what they got wrong, they tried, tried and tried again. Big State economics and Big Government politics introduced such a discombobulating thicket of malincentives, navigating one’s way through the labyrinthine maze of grift, corruption and public indoctrination was made perfectly impossible. Continue reading
How to Make a Government Disappear Completely
When we first began visiting Argentina, back in 2010, it was an certified economic basket case, well on the road to Caracas… if not Harare. Moreover, its political landscape was essentially one giant crime scene, such that you could have drawn a chalk outline around the entire barrio of Congreso and nary caught a pure heart or clean conscience in the undue process. Continue reading
Why the Digital Dollar will Destroy Free Speech
When government officials decide what is true or false, or what views are acceptable and allowed to be shared, whether by benevolence or ideological agenda, individual rights are destroyed. You see, the loss of free speech in society always coincides with the loss of economic freedom and financial privacy. Continue reading
The Seven Year Decline of Economic Freedom
What a condescending dolt that Harry Reid is…good golly! Not since Teddy Kennedy has there been a U.S. Senator that was hungrier for a knuckle sandwich. On Tuesday the dissembling Senate Majority Leader thought he had it in the bag. … Continue reading
