inequality
Equal is Unfair: An Interview with Don Watkins
Don Watkins is a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, where he writes on inequality, the welfare state, and the…
Minimum Wage Jobs are Opportunities to be Thankful For
Current minimum wage jobs are the result of technology and innovation. Workers should be grateful that these companies have created…
The Value Creation Gap: Why CEO Pay is So High
CEOs may not work 380 times harder than employees, but they do create a substantially greater amount of value. And…
The More You Offer the More You Deserve: Against the False Justice of ‘Equality’ in the Tech Industry
To run a successful business, an employer has to hire the best and most competent individuals. People deserve a job…
To “Lean In,” Women Must Abandon the False Moral Ideal of Selflessness
Psychologically, some women hold themselves back by believing that they must play the role of “nurturer,” a moral ideal which…
The Push for Equality Punishes Academic Excellence (and Every Other Kind)
A concern about inequality—in education or in wealth—treats intelligence and prosperity as social ills equal to illiteracy and destitution.
We Shouldn’t “Give Back” What We Earned
The reason any individual deserves success is because of the simple fact that that individual uses his mind to produce…
Campus Media Response: Are We Learning the Right Lesson about Inequality?
[It is a] contradiction [to say] that while it’s wrong for the government to redistribute wealth from poor to rich,…
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…
Progress is Optional
The source of technology and prosperity—the free human mind—is unshackled only under capitalism Would you give up the Internet for…