"But nonetheless, what is clear is that David Ricardo was a representative of the classical liberal spirit in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Political power needed to be reined in to prevent abuse through competing sources of influence and power in society." - Richa…Mostrar mais

“The method of raising revenue ought not to impede the transaction of business; it ought to encourage it.” - Calvin Coolidge

Hopping on the ’80s trend, but Milton Friedman was actually spending the decade bringing free-market ideas to millions through Free to Choose, advising Reagan, and making the case for lower taxes, less regulation, and limited government. We just wanted to see him in a colorful o…Mostrar mais

Tariffs are sold as a way to protect the economy, but making the things people buy more expensive is a strange way to make them better off. It’s hard to make a country richer by making it harder for people to trade.

Digital currencies issued by central banks may seem modern and efficient, but they come with a hidden cost.

Marx said capitalism would make workers poorer and force them to work longer. @VincentGeloso shows how history tells a very different story.

The Hackathon takes a different turn today as we join @Udelalibertad for the Radical Innovation Summit, bringing together ideas, innovation, and new perspectives. 🚀

“Look not to the politicians; look to yourselves.” - Richard Cobden 👀

Have you heard of affordability socialism? It’s a new term representing how rising prices are impacting socialist views, particularly among Gen Z. But what’s really behind rising costs? Watch @dgrcosta's interview on Spectrum News to learn more about how we’re educating the risi…Mostrar mais

The @_edentrepreneur is excited to announce a 3-part September Microschool Makers Series, made possible with the support of @KaiPodCo! Visit KaiPod Learning for more school-starter resources! Catch the next episode tomorrow!

"The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is not a publication most would be familiar with. It is meant as a repository of overviews of big topics in philosophy broadly defined, inclusive of political theory. As such, entries added to it are unlikely to generate strong responses b…Mostrar mais

Our Editorial Director, @katrinagulliver, joined Chris Baker, @nickgillespie, @kmanguward, and @bryan_caplan for a panel discussion at @FountainheadFm honoring the life and work of Brian Doherty. www.youtube.com/live/luqPnuPaaxE

“Precisely by restricting Government, American Constitutional law permits Americans to act more freely than any other people on earth.” - Rose Wilder Lane

It’s not enough to defend freedom. We must also defend the ideas that make it possible.

The entry falls prey to this and while it does offer insight into how some people think about capitalism, it is merely a sophisticated rant—nothing more.

“Libertarians yearn for a state that cannot…confer any advantage on anyone… that cannot compel anything, but simply prevents the use of violence…in relations between individuals and groups.” - Karl Hess 🧐

"Economic scarcity describes the relationship between people, the ends they seek, and the means they have to achieve those ends." - @PeterPashute

“It is not sufficient to contrast the imperfect adjustments of unfettered private enterprise with the best adjustments that economists in their studies can imagine. For we cannot expect that any State authority will attain, or even whole-heartedly seek, that ideal.” - Arthur Pi…Mostrar mais

Coercive equality imposed from above by the state leads to extortion, dispossession, unequal treatment, and the institutionalization of envy.

When wage floors are raised by government, job loss follows.

“To have all the ships that left each country sunk before they could reach any other country would, upon protectionist principles, be the quickest means of enriching the whole world, since all countries could then enjoy the maximum of exports with the minimum of imports.” - Hen…Mostrar mais

Day 2 is here! Teams are back at work, putting their ideas to the test and figuring out where to take them next. 🙌🏻

Europe was supposed to prove single-payer works. @claudiashandi points to what Europeans are actually doing: paying for private care to escape the public system.

“Marxism, the theoretical foundation of Communism, carried within it the seeds of its own destruction, such as Marx and Engels had wrongly attributed to capitalism.” - Richard Pipes 😯

Private property is one of the foundations of a free society.

"American progressives continue to advocate for a Medicare for All system, pointing to the Old Continent as a utopian model of universal access to health care. However, in Europe, systems in which the state functions as both direct provider and single-payer monopolist continue to…Mostrar mais

“In your private household, you would surely prefer to pay less for more rather than the other way around, yet that would be termed an ‘unfavorable balance of payments’ in foreign trade.” - Milton & Rose Friedman

"Influencer culture rewards attention, and that can be dangerous. But it also creates a path for voices previously shut out of mainstream institutions. It allows individuals to earn trust through action." - Lika Kobeshavidze

We’ve arrived in Mexico City for our International Hackathon in partnership with @Udelalibertad ! 🚀

What’s important to understand is that Vietnam was the poorest country in the world through the 1980s but transformed itself by abandoning socialism and embracing an approach more congenial to free markets.

Oklahoma cut taxes, and tax collections still went up. Jonathan Small argues that when workers keep more of what they earn, growth can follow.

"There’s an adage that working Oklahomans understand, but big-government proponents do not: If you want less of something, tax it more. The income tax, at its core, is a penalty on work and investment. Therefore, the higher the income tax, the more work and investment are deterr…Mostrar mais

When it comes to cryptocurrencies, fraud and deception are extremely difficult to define. What’s more: it’s impossible for the government to “get their fingers on” cryptocurrency and control the blockchain. Any regulation will fall on people and businesses, not the currency itsel…Mostrar mais

Hayek. 👀

Oklahoma finished the 2026 budget year, which ended June 30, with rising tax collections despite more than $1 billion in tax reductions during the two terms Kevin Stitt has served as governor.

"True teaching is learning out loud and true leadership is by example. Education/leadership is not the direct improvement of others. It is self-improvement that inspires and equips others to emulate by pursuing self-improvement themselves." - @DanSanchezV

“Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less.” - Richard Cobden 👀

You can cap the price of an apartment. You can’t force someone to build it. Rent control can make housing scarcity even worse.

“Under a system of perfectly free commerce, each country naturally devotes its capital and labour to such employments as are most beneficial to each. This pursuit of individual advantage is admirably connected with the universal good of the whole.” - David Ricardo

“[M]en will commonly exert more activity when they work for their own benefit, than when they are compelled to labour for the benefit merely of another.” - John Millar ✍🏻

Value is not inherent in things; it comes from how people value them.

"In other words, when two groups come into contact with one another they either fight or they trade. Fighting is almost always a negative-sum interaction; both lose. Trading is a positive-sum interaction; both gain." - Tom G. Palmer

“The Hardships and Fatigues of War that are personally suffer’d, fall upon them that bear the Brunt of every Thing, the meanest Indigent Part of the Nation, the working slaving People.” - Bernard Mandeville

“Liberty! That was the cry of all those who found their property confiscated by monopoly and privilege. Liberty! That was the burning aspiration of all those whose natural rights had been forcibly repressed.” - Gustave de Molinari 👀

Prices don’t just tell us what something costs. They communicate information that helps consumers and producers coordinate without anyone directing the entire economy.

Brazil has been hedging its international trade relations with careful maneuvering, and in the long run, this may be the smart move.

“Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.” - H.L. Mencken

AI is changing work faster than schools can predict it. Jennie Jones argues that kids need to learn how to build a livelihood.

“The economic nexus indefinitely expands our freedom of combination and movement.” - Phillip H. Wicksteed 😯

Trade connects us through shared interests.