by ALN | May 16, 2020 | Need for Small Government
Adam Smith long ago recognized that “natural liberty,” which resulted from eliminating unjustified preferences and restraints, needed a government far smaller than one requiring innumerable regulations and mandates as well as trillions of dollars of taxes...
by Ira Gorelick | May 12, 2020 | Economic - Lessons
He says Ford proved that higher wages led to more productivity, which in turn was good for business. That positive feedback loop gave rise to a broad, prosperous middle class. But over the years, waves of economic pressures and political changes have broken that link....
by Ira Gorelick | Mar 24, 2020 | Hayek - Lessons
Five of Hayek’s Biggest Ideas F. A. Hayek has had a lot of great thoughts. I’d thought it would be useful to layout 5 of Hayek’s biggest Ideas. Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) is today glorified by freedom lovers all around the world....
by Ira Gorelick | Mar 4, 2020 | Political Science - Lessons
Fractal Politics “The rise of fractal politics” was first submitted to the Nine Dots Prize in response to the question, “Are digital technologies making politics impossible?” The essay was written as a thought piece prior to the...
by Ira Gorelick | Jan 3, 2020 | Hayek - Lessons
Introduction If Friedrich Hayek is not in our discussions on how best to govern a community, he should be. Not only because his most popular book, The Road to Serfdom, was used by Reagan and Thacher to run a country (their own admission), but because he has a lot of...
by Ira Gorelick | Apr 21, 2018 | Economic - Lessons
Is America destined to become like California? Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey created a stir recently when he tweeted out an article calling for an end to bipartisanship and the beginning of nationwide, one-party rule—similar to the Golden State. He called it a...
