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Douglas Rasmussen | Morality and Role of Capitalism

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Douglas Rasmussen is a professor of philosophy at St. John’s University. In this lecture given at an International Society for Individual Liberty conference in 1991, he introduces subjective value to the general concept of human flourishing. He references F.A. Hayek’s article “The Use of Knowledge in Society” to make the argument that a familiarity with [...]

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TYLER ELM | Business sustainability prospers where environmentalism fails

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

By TYLER ELM, The Gazette Regardless of government or an imperfect Kyoto Protocol, many Canadian companies will continue their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions because it is in the best interest of their business and the environment. A new “environmentalism” – business sustainability – is prospering where traditional environmentalism has failed – in [...]

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George Reisman | CAPITALISM: A Treatise on Economics

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

The Clearest and Most Comprehensive Defense of the Capitalist Economic System Available 1096 pp. hardcover Open your Acrobat Reader and browse through the entire book now in pdf and see the wealth of original economic theories and irrefutable logical arguments it offers in defense of economic freedom and laissez-faire capitalism. The book is on line [...]

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Janet Albrechtsen | Why rational optimism beats ephemeral happiness

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Janet Albrechtsen From: The Australian FASHIONABLE academics, activists and politicians presume to tell us how miserable we are to justify their notions about the sunny path to human happiness. The British Office for National Statistics now asks people whether they are happy. British Prime Minister David Cameron wants to draw up a happiness [...]

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Jeremy Kolassa | A Powerful Argument for Minarchism, Built on the Foundation of Peace

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

by Jeremy Kolassa @ United Liberty [In the voice of that narrator guy from Law & Order:] In the libertarian movement, there are two separate but equally important groups: the minarchists who support a minimal state, and the anarchists would believe in no state at all. These are their stories. DUN-DUN! Such could be [...]

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Matt Ridley | Deep Optimism

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Matt Ridley: Deep Optimism from The Long Now Foundation on FORA.tv

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Matt Ridley | Uncommon Knowledge Rational Optimism Interview

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Uncommon Knowledge: Matt Ridley from The Hoover Institution on FORA.tv

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Matt Ridley | The Rational Optimist book talk (with Q&A)

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Author and rational optimist Matt Ridley spoke at The Centre for Independent Studies about the overwhelming evidence that shows life is getting better – despite an abundance of pessimistic counterclaims. Today there are more than 6 billion people on the planet, 99 per cent of whom are better fed, better sheltered, better entertained and better [...]

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