American business magnate, founder of FedEx (1944–2025)
From the American Journal of Transportation comes words of wisdom about freedom and free markets from a business mogul. FedEx Corp. is worried about President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Such measures…
Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (founded by Fred Smith) warns readers of Forbes magazine about the high cost of federal regulatory overreach. From regulating mints and food labeling,…
Some businesses would rather avoid competition and prefer instead to rely on government help in the form of special incentives, regulations, or other anti-competitive policies. Fred Smith has spent his…
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features Competitive Enterprise Institute founder Fred Smith’s ongoing efforts to promote capitalism over cronyism. John Hood’s Daily Journal focuses on the facts of…
With North Carolina’s primary elections scheduled in less than two months, Rick Henderson examines some key races for the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. Jon Ham discusses his latest…
View in your browser. Poets, priests, and politicians Have words to thank for their positions Words that scream for your submission ~ Sting As one reflects on the endless stream…
Fareed Zakaria should have cut his latest TIME column by a paragraph. Readers still would have been able to read FedEx founder Fred Smith‘s ideas for boosting the American economy.…
The Fortune 500 issue of Fortune magazine includes an extended interview with Fred Smith, whose Fed Ex ranks No. 70 on the list. Among the topics of conversation is the…
N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, who doesn’t have a declared opponent yet, heads to Washington for consumer agency push (AP) Greensboro News & Record editorial calls for nonpartisan redistricting process…
Friedrich Hayek wrote an entire book about the “fatal conceit,” the notion among big-government collectivists that they can plan their way to a better world. A brief Bloomberg Businessweek article…
Politico asks Fred some unusual questions. For example: What do you know now that you wish someone had told you ten years ago? That you should take every opportunity…
As North Carolina continues to battle double-digit unemployment, Joe Coletti says it?s time for government leaders to rethink policies that have helped contribute to economic sluggishness. He offers details in…