Economic Philosophy

BY MARK W. HENDRICKSON When even historically progressive Wisconsin adopts a right to work law—making employee payments to a union voluntary instead of mandatory—it’s a...

LAWRENCE W. REED, THE FREEMAN Clichés of Progressivism, Part 16 Progressives have a problem with ownership, especially when it’s yours. The very notion seems to conjure...

BY MARK W. HENDRICKSON Quite predictably, my article last week about Wisconsin adopting a right to work law elicited comments pro and con. I didn’t...

BY MARK W. HENDRICKSON Quite predictably, my article last week about Wisconsin adopting a right to work law elicited comments pro and con. I didn’t...

LAWRENCE W. REED, THE FREEMAN April 25, 2015, marks a century since John James Cowperthwaite entered the world. It’s a birthdate that deserves celebration everywhere. I...

FREE ENTERPRISE ZONE: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES 1776 The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security...

MARK W. HENDRICKSON When even historically progressive Wisconsin adopts a right to work law—making employee payments to a union voluntary instead of mandatory—it’s a sign...

MARK W. HENDRICKSON When even historically progressive Wisconsin adopts a right to work law—making employee payments to a union voluntary instead of mandatory—it’s a sign...

SANDY IKEDA, THE FREEMAN Frédéric Bastiat, the great 19th-century economic journalist, famously asked, “How does Paris get fed?” In a nutshell, I think that’s the...

MARK W. HENDRICKSON I have to admit that initially I was uninterested, even close-minded, about the negative yield being offered on a growing share of...

LEONARD E. READ, THE FREEMAN This is actually a cliché of social­ism, but it often goes unchallenged because the businessmen who re­peat it are rarely...

LEONARD E. READ, THE FREEMAN This is actually a cliché of social­ism, but it often goes unchallenged because the businessmen who re­peat it are rarely...

JOHN C. SPARKS, THE FREEMAN Editor's Note: First Appeared in The Freeman: Ideas On Liberty, December 1964 The past half-century has seen in America far more...

JOHN C. SPARKS, THE FREEMAN Editor's Note: Originally published March 01, 1963. When a group of us undertook to study the socialist doctrine "from each according...

BY HENRY HAZLIT FREE ENTERPRISE ZONE: ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY CLASSICS Source: The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, December 1962. From an address delivered at the 1962 meeting of...

MAX BORDERS, THE FREEMAN Clichés of Progressivism, Part 14 Healthcare is important. People get sick and injured. As compassionate human beings, we should do what...

LAWRENCE W. REED, THE FREEMAN Clichés of Progressivism, Part 13 “Gym Now Stresses Cooperation, Not Competition,” blared a headline in The New York Times a decade ago. The...

Have the perverse incentives been proved? ROBERT P. MURPHY, THE FREEMAN Just about everyone agrees that incentives affect behavior, but economists really mean it. That’s because...

An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, 1776 2013 Internet Edition by Steve Farrell BOOK I. OF THE CAUSES...