Post Tagged 'free market capitalism'

August 19, 2025

Frank Meyer: The Triumphs of Mr. Fusionism

As political divisions widen across the American right on topics ranging from the proper conduct of economic policy to the United States’ relationship with the rest of the world, considerable attention has been given to the ensemble of ideas given the label “fusionism.” Continue Reading...

July 17, 2025

Novak in Nigeria: A Reflection on The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism

In the heart of Nigeria’s bustling markets and vibrant churches, a quiet but powerful yearning lives: the desire to build a better life through faith, freedom, and hard work. It’s a desire I have seen in the eyes of young students in Enugu, in the determination of women trading tomatoes on the streets of Aba, and in the quiet prayers of fathers hoping to send their children to school. Continue Reading...

February 07, 2025

Moses and Javier Milei

I have written and been interviewed several times about President Javier Milei of Argentina. Like most observers, my focus has been on his economic policies. This is understandable. Milei often describes himself as a professor of economics who happens to be president. Continue Reading...

September 04, 2024

The Road to Serfdom at 80

F.A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom (1944) is often portrayed as a mid-20th-century economist’s restatement of a 19th-century case for unreconstructed laissez-faire economics. Anyone who has read the text, however, knows that this is a serious misrepresentation of Hayek’s most famous book. Continue Reading...