The polls illustrate a trend: younger, more-liberal Americans are more receptive to leftist ideas, while older, more-conservative Americans continue to prefer traditional ones.
Fred Smith (1940-2024), founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses the importance of promoting capitalism over cronyism during a Nov. 13, 2013, interview with Carolina Journal.
William Bradford and other colony leaders abandoned the system of socialism that had destined them to suffer and instead began to implement a system of private property.
Much has already been written about Joe Biden’s presidency. His plans that will expand the size and scope of the federal government receive the most attention. Biden quickly pushed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package through Congress, despite unanimous Republican opposition. This was on top of $3 trillion of relief passed while Donald Trump was...
RALEIGH — Critics often label capitalism as unfair. They say a system based on free markets and limited government control leads to wide disparities among the rich and poor. David Rose, professor of economics at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, challenges that argument. Rose discussed the fairness of capitalism with a John Locke Foundation audience earlier this year. He also spoke with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — In the darkest days of the recent financial crisis, University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales had a bad feeling. He had seen this story before, and the ending didn’t turn out well. So Zingales wrote a book titled A Capitalism for the People. He discussed the book during the 2013 John W. Pope Lecture at N.C. State University. Zingales also discussed the book with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — The Great Recession offered new ammunition to those attacking the American system of free enterprise, while defenders of that system have spent recent years refining their arguments. One of those defenders is Ross Douthat, conservative author, blogger, and New York Times columnist. Douthat shared his insights about democratic capitalism during a visit this fall to Chapel Hill. He discussed similar themes during an interview with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — Even capitalism’s biggest fans have to admit that industrialization has made our world dirtier. At least that seems to be conventional wisdom. Dr. Donald Boudreaux, professor of economics at George Mason University, challenges that notion. Earlier this year, he spoke to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society on the theme “Cleaned By Capitalism.” Boudreaux discussed the topic with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
Rick Henderson on DOT letter scandal; lawmakers on public-private transportation projects; Pat McElraft & Deborah Ross on sea level studies; Donald Boudreaux on why capitalism has cleaned the world; Terry Stoops on school choice market share
Terry Stoops on how US students compare to international students; Robert Lawson on freedom & recent US decline; George Leef on capitalism's link to Constitution; Leonard Gilroy on public-private partnerships; Jenna Ashley Robinson on young conservatives
When it comes to social benefits, there's no "competition." Markets trump socialism every time.
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