All Posts Tagged With: "progressive"

The Founders, the Constitution, and the Historians

How could Charles Beard have erred so badly in arguing that the Constitution was written mainly to serve the signers’ economic interests? In part Beard missed the mark because he was trying to hit something else—a Progressive agenda for reform, the excuse to transfer wealth from the haves to the have-nots. If the Founders were merely protecting their economic interests, Beard and his progressive friends were justified in supporting the redistribution of wealth.

11Jun2009 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 0 comments | Continued

Is Fair Trade a Fair Deal?

Gene Callahan is the author of Economics for Real People.
We’ve all seen the signs in our local cafes, boasting something like: “We proudly sell coffee brewed with Fair Trade coffee beans, acquired at a price that permits sustainable farming and pays growers a living wage.” These posters are part of a popular trend in “progressive” [...]

1Mar2008 | Gene Callahan | 0 comments | Continued

The Literature of Freedom

Mr. Hazlitt, author of “Economics in One Lesson” and other libertarian works is a contributing editor of “Newsweek.”
The free man’s library is a descriptive and critical bibliography of works on the philosophy of individualism—“individualism” in a broad sense. The bibliography includes works which explain the workings and advantages of free trade, free enterprise, and [...]

21Nov2009 | Henry Hazlitt | 0 comments | Continued