“Your Town”: A Defense of Capitalism

by T.L. James | 9:54 pm, April 24, 2009

Here’s a golden oldie, from back in the day when industry associations stood up for capitalism and the positive social by-products of productive enterprises, instead of apologizing for their existence and bending over backwards to appease environmentalist bullies, corrupt incumbents, and union thugs. While it veers into the de rigeur hip-deep patriotic cheese near the [...]

It’s the Ominous Parallels: Why Citizens are Rediscovering “Atlas Shrugged” In the Age of Obama

by T.L. James | 12:41 pm, April 18, 2009

Bruce Webster at And Still I Persist has an instructive post on why Atlas Shrugged is finding new audiences and enthusiastic new fans in our bold new era of Hope and Change™.  The post consists of a summary of the major themes and overall plot of the book, augmented with references and links to recent economic [...]

Made in America

by randomridge | 4:44 am, January 10, 2009

When the pundits of business tell you that low-skill, low-margin goods like clothing can’t be produced in America anymore, and simply must be offshored to sweatshops in third-world hellholes, think of American Apparel: Brief background on why I like them so much: this is a $500 million manufacturer of t-shirts, underwear, and the like. Typically low margin [...]

The Idiocracy of Pull

by T.L. James | 3:30 pm, January 9, 2009

Do you get the feeling nowadays that you’re witnessing Atlas Shrugged coming to life right before your eyes? You’re not alone. The current economic strategy is right out of “Atlas Shrugged”: The more incompetent you are in business, the more handouts the politicians will bestow on you. That’s the justification for the $2 trillion of [...]

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