Prior to the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain during the late 18th century, abysmal poverty was prevalent the world over, including in Britain. With the Industrial Revolution, conditions began to dramatically improve, first in Britain, then in Western Europe,...
Economist Keith Weiner and I will lecture in NYC on Saturday afternoon, November 1st. I will speak on the moral superiority of capitalism to other political-economic systems–and Keith regarding the great virtues and benefits of gold-based money. Robert Begley,...
Last night, I attended the dinner reception and poker tournament hosted at the St. Regis hotel in NYC by the Students For Liberty (SFL). It was a great event. More important, there are many highly intelligent, sincere students who attend SFL conferences around the...
Capitalism Magazine has an excerpt from the Introduction to Capitalist Solutions: A Philosophy of American Moral Dilemmas as the featured article. Definitely worth a visit.
Andrew Bernstein will be presenting his lecture “Global Capitalism: The Solution to World Poverty and Oppression” at Virginia Tech on Tuesday, October 11 at 7:00pm in the Pamplin Hall, Room 30 [map].
By Andrew Bernstein A proper understanding of capitalism is sorely lacking today. In order to gain such understanding, it is best to start with a true story that captures the spirit and sense of life of capitalism. Then it is possible to extract the deeper principles...
By Andrew Bernstein A specter is haunting Africa–the specter of starvation. At least 2.5 million Zambians currently face famine, as do millions more across southern Africa–in Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The United Nations estimates that more than 14...