What do these two statements have in common: “Poverty is caused by overpopulation,” and “The rich get richer only as the poor get poorer”? Answer: They both inaccurately presuppose the economy is a zero-sum game. Continue Reading...
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March 31, 2021
Freedom of choice is foundational to poverty relief
This essay won second place in the essay contest of the Acton Institute’s 2020 Poverty Cure Summit, which took place on Nov. 18-19, 2020. The author will receive a $3,000 prize. Continue Reading...
March 31, 2021
Poverty Cure Essay Contest winners, 2021
How can we effectively combat poverty? Students from across the globe answered that question and brought fresh ideas to the table in our recent essay competition, which took place as a part of the 2020 Poverty Cure Summit. Continue Reading...
March 30, 2021
The Suez Canal blockage: a metaphor for our economy
A team of engineers and an unusually high tide freed the Ever Given, the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for six days, on Monday. Obstructing the canal that facilitates 13% of world’s maritime trade not only educated Americans about the international dimensions of our economy, it also served as a metaphor for the artificial constraints, taxes, and regulations that block so many people from participating in our economy. Continue Reading...
March 30, 2021
Jubilee and Social Justice: A dangerous quest to overcome social inequalities
Kim Tan. Jubilee and social justice: A dangerous quest to overcome inequalities. Abingdon Press. 2021. 102 pages.
Kim Tan, the co-founder of the Transformational Business Network, has just published his latest book: Jubilee and Social Justice. Continue Reading...
March 27, 2021
‘Jesus was a political revolutionary’: Ibram X. Kendi ‘rejects’ orthodox Christianity
The best-selling author of How to be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi, has admitted that his so-called “antiracist” movement believes that Jesus was a political “revolutionary” and that trying to “save” souls is “racist theology” which only “breeds bigotry.” Continue Reading...
March 26, 2021
FAQ: What is the Jewish holiday of Passover?
On the Jewish calendar, Passover (or “Pesach” in Hebrew) is always celebrated between the 15th and 22nd day of the month of Nissan. What is this Jewish holy day, and how is it celebrated? Continue Reading...
March 25, 2021
Equity? New bill could kick minority teachers out of the classroom
Lawmakers in Minnesota, the crucible of last summer’s deadly riots, have made a concerted effort to increase the number of minorities teaching in the public schools. That goal is on a collision course with a bill that would cut off pathways to becoming a teacher and could throw more minority teachers out of work than the state recruits. Continue Reading...
March 22, 2021
Murray Rothbard on Christianity, Catholicism, and theology
A hidden gem of Murray Rothbard’s thinking on the “Whig Theory of History” was published by the Mises Institute here in 2010. This publication was excerpted from an edited transcript of “Ideology and Theories of History” (ITH), the first in a series of six lectures on the history of economic thought given by Rothbard in 1986, published here in 2006. Continue Reading...
March 19, 2021
China’s crackdown knocks Hong Kong off list of economically free nations
One of the perennial realities of modern history is that Hong Kong ranks near the top of any list of the most economically free nations. But 2020 altered history in many unforeseen ways. Continue Reading...