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Education for the Poor

First, in a free society there really isn't as much of a class system as you may think. The correlation between a person's income and that

Jan 25, 2011
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3 Mins
Morality and Politics

February 2001 -- A nation's political trends are governed by several factors--the state of the economy, the vested interests of politicians

Oct 21, 2010
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Dr. David Kelley
5 Mins
The Wealth and Social Health of America

June 2001 -- [BOOK REVIEW] It's Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years. By Stephen Moore and Julian Simon

Oct 19, 2010
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Herbert Grubel
10 Mins
Unemployment and Free Labor Markets

I am sorry that, living in Argentina as you do, you have suffered through a terrible economic collapse. But you were not living in anything

Sep 30, 2010
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2 Mins
Social Security

If I understand the Bush administration's proposal from early 2005, it was intended to transition the Social Security system to something

Sep 30, 2010
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2 Mins
Progressivism and Objectivism

If only Progressivism could be a genus of Objectivism! But, alas, no.The Progressive movement was originally an intellectual and political

Sep 29, 2010
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William Thomas
4 Mins
Poverty and Disabilities

The Objectivist answer to poverty and other social problems is: 1) create a society in which people have clear reasons to be responsible...

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
3 Mins
Needy Children

"The needy" come in two classes: those who are unable to care for themselves, and those who are able. Objectivism holds that it is not...

Sep 28, 2010
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William Thomas
2 Mins
The History, Economics, and Philosophy of Social Security

March 2005 -- Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from David Kelley's book A Life of One's Own: Individual Rights and the Welfare

Sep 15, 2010
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Dr. David Kelley
10 Mins
Sidebar: Pioneers of Egalitarianism

Richard Henry Tawney (1880–1962) was a British historian who spent most of his career at the London School of Economics. He wrote widely on

Sep 8, 2010
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Dr. David Kelley
2 Mins
Decoding the Credit Crisis

That’s the charge that Newsweek columnist and Slate Magazine editor Jacob Weisberg has laid against the advocates of markets in a recent..

Sep 8, 2010
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10 Mins
The Servile Citizen

A large billboard in a local Metro station cautions passersby to “Cover your cough” and “Wash your hands frequently” when you have a cold...

Sep 7, 2010
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Eduardo Hudgins
6 Mins
David Kelley on Egalitarianism and Welfare Rights

Days after the Soviet Union collapsed, and shortly after the Iron Curtain fell, David Kelley delivered this lecture at the University of

Jul 23, 2010
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Dr. David Kelley
The Individualist's Guide to Progressive Change

If socialism were a respectable affiliation, Progressives would probably call themselves “democratic socialists.”But socialism died as a....

Jun 26, 2010
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William Thomas
10 Mins
Government, Yes! Leviathan, No!

Greg Hitt and Jeanne Cummings wrote on the front page of the Wall Street Journal (September 26, 2001): "In just two weeks, the terrorist....

Mar 19, 2010
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5 Mins
France's Killer Collectivism

The final figures are in. According to Isabelle Dubois-Costes of General Funeral Services in France, the death toll in the country's summer

Mar 18, 2010
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Eduardo Hudgins
3 Mins
Obama's Era of Responsibility

“What is required of us now,” said President Barack Obama in his inaugural speech, “is a new era of responsibility—a recognition, on the....

Jun 30, 2009
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Dr. David Kelley
6 Mins
Poverty, Capitalism, and Class

When Objectivists speak of capitalism, we mean laissez-faire capitalism, a political system based on the individual rights to life...

Jun 19, 2009
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William Thomas
4 Mins

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