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Walter Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University.

Fairness: Results Versus Process

Those of us who support liberty, limited government, and rule of law will never prevail in the public arena until we can compellingly make the case that free markets and voluntary exchange are inherently fairer than alternative forms of social organization.

1Oct1998 | Walter E. Williams | 0 comments | Continued

Social Justice

The pursuit of social justice probably accounts for most human misery. What’s more, throughout history, one form of injustice has usually been replaced by another that is far worse. Russia’s 1917 revolution expelling the Czars and their injustices ushered in Lenin, Stalin, and a succession of brutal dictators who murdered tens of millions in the name of the proletarian revolution.

1Jul1998 | Walter E. Williams | 0 comments | Continued

Discrimination and Liberty

Walter Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and chairman of the economics department at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
(Editor’s Note: We herewith inaugurate a new monthly feature: The Pursuit of Happiness. Its regular contributors will be Walter Williams, one of the most prominent defenders of liberty today, and Charles Baird, [...]

1Apr1998 | Walter E. Williams | 0 comments | Continued

Perspective: Poverty and Freedom

Poverty is an uninteresting subject. Poverty has been, and continues to be, man’s standard fate throughout his entire history. The reason is simple. People are poor because they cannot produce much that is valued by others. The intriguing question is why a tiny percentage of the world’s population, for only a tiny part of man’s [...]

1Mar1993 | Walter E. Williams | 0 comments | Continued

Perspective: Apartheid: War on Capitalism

The whole ugly history of apartheid has been an attack on free markets and the rights of individuals, and a glorification of centralized government power. In 1900 when South African Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts said, “It is ordained that we [Afrikaners], insignificant as we are, should be amongst the first people to begin the [...]

1Apr1990 | Walter E. Williams | 0 comments | Continued

Fairness and Justice: Process vs. Results

Dr. Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics, George Mason University. Fairfax, Virginia. His most recent book is All It Takes Is Guts.
In, pursuit of what Friedrich A,,Hayek calls the mirage of social justice, Americans have turned their faces against liberal values and are rapidly embracing the immorality of socialism. In [...]

1Oct1988 | Walter E. Williams | 0 comments | Continued
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