Archive for Felix R. Livingston
The Entrepreneur as a Defender of Liberty
Dr. Livingston is vice president and director of Freeman Services at The Foundation for Economic Education. Entrepreneurs have the unparalleled ability to satisfy our material wants and needs. To seek and win customer approval on a daily basis, market competitors must continually offer improved quality and lower prices. Our well-being is also profoundly affected by [...]
1Sep1996 | Felix R. Livingston | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Ethics of Rhetoric
Dr. Livingston is Vice President and Director of Freeman Services at the Foundation for Economic Education. In The Ethics of Rhetoric, Richard Weaver identifies two criteria that define the ethical boundaries of political discourse. First, rhetoric should be grounded in sound logic with argument’s "high speculation about nature" provided by clear thinking and experience. Second, [...]
1Aug1995 | Felix R. Livingston | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Population Bomb: Exploding the Myth
Dr. Livingston is Director of Freeman Services for The Foundation for Economic Education. Doomsday projections made two centuries ago by Thomas Malthus were revived by grim-faced delegates at the U.N. Population Conference in Cairo last year. The consensus of those present was that a population bomb is about to explode unless there is governmental intervention [...]
1Feb1995 | Felix R. Livingston | 1 comment | Continued-
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