This lecture by Richard Ebeling, BB & T Professor of Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership at The Citadel in Charleston, …
State of the USA: Progressives, Conservatives, and Trump
Summary A year on into Trump’s term of office as president of the United States, and a visitor from Mars …
Disaster in Red: The Hundredth Anniversary of the Russian Socialist Revolution
by Richard Ebeling “Socialism-in-practice” created a chamber of horrors in which the individual was reduced to a mere expendable “cog …
The Political and Economic Mystiques of State Power
Summary One of the mysteries of human history is how a handful of rulers succeed in gaining the loyalty and …
Economic Ideas: Frédéric Bastiat on the Law of Liberty and Free Markets
by Richard Ebeling Image of Bastiat compliments of FEE.org The defense of economic liberty has never been an easy task. …
Ludwig von Mises and the Real Meaning of Liberalism
Summary “Liberalism” is one of the most misused and abused political terms in the American lexicon, sometimes taken to mean …
Society is Not a Family, Government is Not a Parent
by Richard Ebeling Summary: Whatever criticisms may be made of the Trump Administration, the “progressives” and others on “the left” …
Global Corruption and the Role of Government
Executive Summary Political corruption has been around for all of recorded history; indeed, it was a matter of concern and …
Economic Ideas: Karl Marx, the Man Behind the Communist Revolution
by Richard Ebeling When Karl Marx died in March 1883, only about a dozen people attended his funeral at a …