Archive for James Madison
Freedom and Foreign Investment
James Madison is a systems analyst at an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut. This year, as the Czech people celebrate the tenth anniversary of the end of communism, the capital city of Prague serves as a shining example of what happens when the free market displaces economic planning. Each morning on the Charles Bridge in [...]
1Dec1999 | James Madison | 1 comment | ContinuedProperty
Property embraces everything to which a man may attach a value and have a right, and which leaves to everyone else the like advantage.
1Apr1971 | James Madison | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Most Dreaded Enemy of Liberty
Of All the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of [...]
1Mar1957 | James Madison | 0 comments | Continued-
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JPMorgan Chase and Casino Banking
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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
