Category:Entrepreneurship
Is It Unfair to Pay CEOs Billions? Q&A with Prof. Howie Baetjer
January 29, 2018 | Video
Is it fair that CEOs get paid millions—even billions—while there are so many people still in poverty? Well, it depends! Watch the second entry in our question and answer series with Prof. Howie Baetjer.
“There Will Be Blood” — The Ethics of Compensation for Bodily Fluids
January 11, 2018 | Video
Is human blood a “public resource”? Prof. Peter Jaworski argues that your bodily fluids belong to you, and governments should let you sell them.
What’s wrong with making money?
January 4, 2018 | Post
Social justice advocates argue that it is “society’s” duty to eliminate pain and inequality wherever and whenever it exists. What is interesting is that I have never met Mr. Society.
Economic Freedom by the Numbers
October 30, 2017 | Video
What’s the evidence that economic freedom is beneficial for society? Prof. Antony Davies shows charts of the free market’s effects on unemployment, inequality, poverty, and even child labor.
Millennials are in a love triangle with capitalism and socialism
August 23, 2017 | Post
Millennials may talk the socialist talk, but this look at the evidence shows they also walk a rather capitalist walk.
How Tax Cuts Made Silicon Valley Possible
August 2, 2017 | Video
Tech inventors switched from making missile systems for the government to making personal computers thanks to tax cuts. Watch more with Dr. Domitrovic.
Property Rights: Negative Externalities and Social Cost
July 27, 2017 | Video
Property rights in a market economy can help us overcome negative externalities and create value for each other. Learn more with Dan Russell.
The Most Important Invention You Never Thought About
July 26, 2017 | Video
One entrepreneur’s invention cut world poverty and revolutionized manufacturing. Learn more with Steve Davies
Entrepreneurs are evading regulations to bring you beer and marijuana cleanses.
July 21, 2017 | Post
All of the brainpower and raw materials that go into evading liquor laws or helping people pass drug tests could have been used for something more valuable (like just making more beer).
Highlights from our Reddit AMA with Professor Michael Munger
July 18, 2017 | Post
Last week, Professor Michael Munger joined us on Reddit for an “Ask Me Anything” conversation as part of the Learn Liberty Reddit AMA Series. Dr. Munger is an esteemed Professor of Political Science, Economics, and Public Policy at Duke University. He has authored/co-authored 7 books and over 200 scholarly articles. A long-time friend of the Learn Liberty project, […]
Kirzner on Entrepreneurship
July 13, 2017 | Video
Israel Kirzner showed us how entrepreneurs make the world better: they specialize in discovering missed opportunities. To learn more about entrepreneurs, click to watch.
Reddit AMA with Professor Michael Munger of Duke University
July 7, 2017 | Post
This Tuesday, the Learn Liberty Reddit AMA Series continues with Michael C. Munger, Professor of Political Science at Duke University. UPDATE: The AMA is now live! Prior to his tenure at Duke, where he chaired the Department of Political Science for 10 years before coming to serve as Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Munger has also taught at Dartmouth […]
This company helps African farmers secure their land rights.
June 29, 2017 | Post
A for-profit company is helping rural Africans earn money from their land by securing their property rights.
No, you can’t multitask. To succeed, you need to focus.
June 22, 2017 | Post
If you want a great career in the 21st century, you need to stop trying to multitask and start doing “deep work.”
What Charles Darwin owes Adam Smith
June 16, 2017 | Post
The following is a lightly edited, slightly condensed transcript of the talk “Adam Darwin: Emergent Order in Biology and Economics,” presented by Matt Ridley at the Adam Smith Institute in 2012. I’ve called my lecture “Adam Darwin” to stress how congruent the philosophies of Adam Smith and Charles Darwin are. The common theme, of course, […]
Forget about your passion. (Advice for new grads)
May 25, 2017 | Post
Why is every career path littered with once-passionate but unsuccessful people?