Archive for Donald G. Smith
Pigeons and Property Rights
Mr. Smith is a writer living in Santa Maria, California He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal. I like pigeons. They are independent creatures who would survive whether I fed them or not, which is probably the reason that I feed them. This is why I was in the park on that [...]
1Apr1991 | Donald G. Smith | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Terrible D-Word
Mr. Smith is a writer living in Santa Maria, California. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal. As a person who makes his living with words, I am often disturbed by the misuse of a word. The word articulate, for example, does not mean knowledgeable, but only that a person is easily [...]
1Mar1991 | Donald G. Smith | 0 comments | ContinuedYou Missed the Point, Bernie
Mr. Smith is a writer living in Santa Maria, California. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal. My friend Bernie is a socialist. Now Bernie would never admit to this—he likes to say enlightened liberal—but everything he favors seems to wind up with government ownership of something, so I cannot see much [...]
1Dec1990 | Donald G. Smith | 0 comments | Continued-
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JPMorgan Chase and Casino Banking
JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the nation’s leading banks, revealed in May that a London trader racked... Read More
Individualism, Trade-Unions, and “Self-Governing Combinations”
Who do you imagine said this? “[Trade-unions] seem natural to the passing phase of social evolution,... Read More
Bubbles, Malinvestment, and Higher Education
Many commentators are asking whether the next big bubble to burst will be the debt associated with the... Read More
JPMorgan’s Blunder Is No Market Failure
I am not going to try to defend JPMorgan Chase for its recent, widely reported financial blunders. ... Read More
For Equality; Against Privilege
This TGIF originally ran July 7, 2006. The freedom philosophy can be boiled down to two phrases: for... Read More
