Problems with the Dog-Eat-Dog Trope: Dogs Don’t Eat Dogs
Critics often try to make capitalism seem like a very negative thing. However, it is actually difficult to make individuals who own themselves and their property, dealing with one another …
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Bastiat’s Candlemakers’ Petition, Updated
Mr. President, We are suffering from the ruinous competition of a rival who apparently works under conditions so far superior to our own for the production of light that he …
5 Facts about the U.S. Constitution
Constitution Day is observed every year to remember the Founding Fathers signing the Constitution on September 17, 1787. Here are five facts you need to know about the Constitution… Foundation for Economic …
Envy Is the Root of Many Modern Evils
Income bigotry is on full and proud display in modern politics. It would be both unpopular and stupid to express a dislike for “the poor” as an income group. Yet if …
The Evolution of Governance in 9 Stages
This visual overview of the nine stages in the evolution of governance suggests humanity is on the cusp of another great transition. Foundation for Economic EducationFEE’s mission is to inspire, …
Health Care Delayed Is Health Care Denied
If we want to actually improve America’s health care system, what it needs is more freedom and more choice, not less. Markets work, even with health care. Foundation for Economic …
The Trilemma of Work: Why Great Jobs Are so Hard to Find
The more good things you demand in one area, the fewer good things you should expect in another. Life is about trade-offs. There’s no such thing as a perfect job. If there …
Markets Make More People More “Fit” All the Time
As Sheldon Richman summarized, “If under capitalism only the fit survive, it seems to have a knack for making people fit.” Rather than eliminating the less-abled, capitalism has made far more …
What Is Entrepreneurship?
If launching a business is so challenging and uncertain, why is it so alluring? Foundation for Economic EducationFEE’s mission is to inspire, educate, and connect future leaders with the economic, …
Should Americans Get to Choose Their Health Care? The Question That Divides Democrats
Democratic candidates bashed the plan of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren to abolish private health insurance and force Americans into a single-payer system. “While Bernie wrote the bill, …