Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
True Morality is Not Found in a Government Program
Far too many equate compassion and morality with government programs. Here's why they're wrong.
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)
Education
Central Planning and Education: What would Hayek say?
Central planning fails miserably in the economy, why would we think it is best for education? Government bureaucrats cannot possess the localized knowledge of the parents and teachers of students.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Classical liberals’ role in the current climate
Dalibor Rohac of the American Enterprise Institute ponders classical liberals’ response to current political trends. Whenever classical liberals feel despondent about the present moment, they ought to remember the circumstances…
Health Care
COVID-19 and the ‘pretense of knowledge’
Nicholas Kaster writes at the American Thinker about a key problem linked to the American response to COVID-19. In retrospect, and despite their air of authority, the experts never had…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Interest Rates Should Be Set by the Market, Not the Fed
If asked who sets interest rates in for the economy, most of us would answer that the Federal Reserve (the Fed) does. In other words, a government-created central authority “sets”…
Liberty
A half-step from recognizing the fatal conceit
Seth Mandel reviews for Commentary the recent memoir from Obama acolyte Samantha Power. Most of the review focuses on Power’s sacrifice of principle in order to maintain her high-profile job…
Education
Martin Center column highlights good free online courses
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center devotes a column to top-notch free online college courses. Fortunately, neither the barriers of time nor money have to inhibit continuing one’s education. There…
Liberty
Another Take on the Future of Conservatism
As I’ve pointed out in a couple of recent blogposts, there’s a pretty intense debate going on among American conservatives about the future of their movement. In “How Trump Voters…
Liberty
Hayek and social justice
In the midst of a perceptive Commentary column about the progressive “attack on luck,” Noah Rothman reminds readers about a withering attack on the dubious concept of “social justice.” ……
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Gillette, Dan Crenshaw, and Our Better Angels
Who would have thought a call to act like a gentleman would generate controversy? Context is important. The latest Gillette ad touches some political buttons at a time when everything…
Liberty
Goldberg and liberalism
Jonah Goldberg uses an entry at National Review Online’s blog “The Corner” to remind us how the terms “conservative” and “liberal” interact depending on the context. As part of its…
Education
Martin Center column highlights one university’s problems with ‘social justice’
Mark Pulliam writes for the Martin Center about the negative impact of the pursuit of “social justice” at one major public university. The latest racket in higher education, evident at…