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Harris's latest economic proposals fail to account for basic economic facts.

Comrade Kamala? Assessing Three of Harris’s New Economic Proposals - FEE Kamala's latest economic proposals fail to account for basic economic facts.

Labor Day has come to mean little more than a nebulous celebration of work and an extra day away from it. This much is indisputable and non-political: Labor is essential to our standard of living.

Don’t Forget to Celebrate Capital on Labor Day, Too Labor and capital are not natural antagonists (despite some people’s attempts to make them so.) In fact, they are essential to one another.

"When a government entity cannot, or would rather not, adequately perform its primary function, [...], the agency will expand its mission, thereby distracting attention from its core inadequacy."

- George Will

A Strong Case for Letting the Free Market Work in Education.

Market Education: The Unknown History The most pernicious of all the widely held modern beliefs is that education must be provided by the state. “Education is an entitlement!” say nearly all

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Disruptive innovation is reshaping how children learn and expanding access to alternative education models.

How Disruptive Innovation Is Accelerating the Growth of Alternative Learning Models Blending new technologies with the personalization and flexibility of microschooling and homeschooling will continue to disrupt the education sector and turn alternative learning models into mainstream options for many more families.

"The theory of the competitive market process teaches that where resources within a society leave opportunities for improvement via exchange, production, or some combination of both, they will appear as opportunities for entrepreneurial profit."

- Israel Kirzner

Was Jesus of Nazareth truly a socialist? An astonishing number of people seem to think so.

61 Quick Facts and Observations on Socialism, Jesus, and Wealth At least three of Jesus’s parables touch on economics. None of them suggest Jesus disapproved of private property or voluntary exchange.

Vigilance in safeguarding our freedoms is essential.

Is there a rational explanation for what we saw in the first weeks of August? The answer is yes, and the key to understanding what happened is to look at interest rates.

Why Markets Plunged on This Year’s ‘Black Monday’ - FEE August 5th was supposedly a “Black Monday.” Stock markets around the world suffered declines that were far greater than normal. The VIX Index, which measures

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LiberatED - FEE More parents are seeking education options for their children beyond an assigned district school and more entrepreneurial educators are rising to meet that

These generations are not shy about chasing new opportunities, and this is particularly true of Gen Z.

Why Job Turnover Is so High for Gen Z and Millennials As new research featured in Fast Company shows, “Millennials and Gen Z are currently proving to be the driving force behind the Great Resignation.”

True freedom means owning your life and choices.

Claims that fast fashion utilizes too many resources and exploits the third world crumble in the face of basic economics.

Fast Fashion Is Evil? Think Again Who knew there was a United Nations initiative called "the Alliance for Sustainable Fashion"?

"Many things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly – and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence."

- Thomas Sowell

When marketing, companies must recognize that consumer interests, tastes, and preferences take precedence over the interests of the firm.

Why Established Brands Often Struggle with Marketing Even minor brand adjustments can face friction, and redesigns have the potential to generate an uproar. Tropicana learned this lesson the hard way in 2009, losing roughly $30 million in sales after having spent $35 million on new packaging for its Pure Premium orange juice.

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Vivek Ramaswamy has emerged in recent years as one of the key figures in the Republican scene.

Vivek Ramaswamy on the Battle for the Soul of the American Right - FEE Vivek Ramaswamy has emerged in recent years as one of the key figures in the Republican scene. His fresh ideas and youthful vigor have been a draw to many who

"To take from [the capitalist his conviction that] he will be allowed to enjoy unmolested the fruits of his capital [...] is at once to annihilate half the productive industry of the country, and would be more fatal to the poor labourer."

- David Ricardo

Andrei Illarionov, former economic advisor of Vladimir Putin, brought up a peculiar aspect of the Soviet economic system that left his interviewers stunned.

The Soviets Tried to Run an Economy without Market Prices The Soviet government, in accordance with the principles of state socialism, owned and controlled all industry in the country. The economy was managed by Gosplan, a central planning agency that set levels of production, wages, and prices. For Soviet ideologues, Gosplan would replace the free marke...

Personal growth over State control.

When it comes to online youth safety, parents, not politicians, should be making the call.

Why the Government Shouldn’t Regulate Youth Access to Social Media Instituting greater government restrictions on internet users and social media sites is problematic on many levels.

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FEE Studios Director - Foundation for Economic Education - Atlanta, GA The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), a pioneering force in the liberty movement since 1946, is seeking an innovative and visionary FEE Studios Director to lead our video content strategy into a new era of growth and impact. FEE’s mission is to inspire, educate, and connect future leaders w...

"I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive and impolitic."

- James Madison

Warren Buffett was born on August 30, 1930.

The 3 Traits Warren Buffett Says He Looks for in an Employee One thing, Warren Buffett says, is important above all else.

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Far from exploiting young people, reducing employment barriers for teen workers empowers them.

Loosening Youth Employment Regulations Empowers Teens Thankfully, due to our country’s vast economic prosperity, most children don’t need to work. Actions taken today by state lawmakers to loosen teen employment regulations are common sense approaches to reducing obstacles for teenagers who want to work.

For Sumay and Aila Lu, learning has been anything but conventional.

How Two Homeschooled Sisters are Getting an Early Start to Entrepreneurship - FEE Youth innovation is a growing trend in the US, especially since the pandemic. In fact, Generation Alpha, or those born since 2010, is on track to be the most

The British philosopher better known as John Locke was born on August 29, 1632.

John Locke: Natural Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property - FEE A number of times throughout history, tyranny has stimulated breakthrough thinking about liberty. This was certainly the case in England with the mid-seventeenth-century era of repression, rebellion, and civil war. There was a tremendous outpouring of political pamphlets and tracts. By far the most ...