All Posts Tagged With: "American dream"
The Battle to Save American Street Vending
Larry Miller and Stanley Hambrick are classic American entrepreneurs. Both men started their businesses from scratch, and for more than 20 years they’ve been living their American Dreams. They each own and operate popular vending stands outside Turner Field in Atlanta, serving baseball fans with tasty snacks, fully licensed Braves merchandise, parody shirts, and other [...]
26Oct2011 | Bob Ewing | 11 comments | ContinuedCapitalists Should Love the Estate Tax?
Writing in the February 15 issue of online magazine Salon, philosophy professor Sam Fleischacker says that he found it “inspiring” that George Soros, Bill Gates Sr., Warren Buffett, and several other wealthy people had spoken out in favor of retaining the estate tax. Fleischacker argues that it is precisely defenders of capitalism who should “fervently [...]
1Jul2001 | Aeon J. Skoble | 3 comments | ContinuedSizing Up Downsizing
Christopher Lee is associate professor of economics at St. Ambrose University, College of Business, Davenport, Iowa. Critics of voluntary cooperation through free markets typically describe one aspect of its wealth-creating dynamic as “downsizing.” They allege that such adjustments are, on balance, harmful. The news media, as well as explicit market opponents, use “downsizing” to describe [...]
1Oct1998 | Christopher Lee | 1 comment | ContinuedPlenty of Room at the Inn
Sigfredo Cabrera is the director of communications for Pacific Legal Foundation in Sacramento, California. French immigrants Claude and Micheline Lambert are asking some tough questions these days, and they need to be answered—real soon. To paraphrase: What can be said of individual and economic liberty in a country where government has the power to impose [...]
1Sep1998 | Sigfredo A. Cabrera | 21 comments | ContinuedBenjamin Franklin: The Man Who Invented the American Dream
Benjamin Franklin pioneered the spirit of self-help in America. With less than three years of formal schooling, he taught himself almost everything he knew. He took the initiative of learning French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. He taught himself how to play the guitar, violin, and harp. He made himself an influential author and editor. He started a successful printing business, newspaper, and magazine. He developed a network of printing partnerships throughout the American colonies.
1Apr1997 | Jim Powell | 8 comments | Continued-
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