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Christmas as Capitalism: Celebrate Trade

Christmas has become a holiday known for its commercialism—and many recoil at this, claiming that commercialism is antithetical to the…

Is There an ‘I’ in Team?

  The world celebrates sports, particularly team sports. Soccer matches are so contentious in Europe that it’s not uncommon for…

Why Financiers on Wall Street Earn Their Wealth

Most everyone agrees that if you work, you should be compensated based on your productivity, skill, and time. Financiers are…

Can We Revive the American Dream through Majority Rule?

The Occupy Wall Street protesters claim that the American Dream has been hijacked by the financiers of Wall Street and…

Can “Occupation” Be Peaceful?

By preventing ordinary citizens from going about their business, Occupiers are in effect protesting the “injustice” of laws that allow…

Why Protest Inequality?: Unmasking the Deeper Motivation of the Occupy Movement

Why, in spite of massive evidence that profits motivate entrepreneurs to innovate in ways that enable so many of us…