Category:Sharing Economy
What is the Labor Theory of Value?
August 31, 2017 | Video
To make sense of Karl Marx or even Adam Smith, you need to see the way they looked at prices — through the labor theory of value.
You’re probably going to rate your next AirBnB at 5 stars after reading this
August 9, 2017 | Post
I found piles of laundry in the bedroom, cans and bottles in the yard, and construction materials everywhere — not at all what the pictures had depicted.
How capitalists can create value by reducing waste
July 31, 2017 | Post
To see the sharing economy as merely “cheaper taxis and cheaper hotels” is to miss the point entirely.
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
The Ethics and Economics of Choosing Publicly
July 20, 2017 | Video
Why do special interests gain so much control over government policy? Public choice economics can explain. To get notifications for all our new videos, click the bell above.
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, […]
Did big government make us rich?
July 11, 2017 | Post
Why are Western countries like the United States and Germany so much richer today than other countries around the world?
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 […]
Does the market make us good? Does socialism?
June 21, 2017 | Post
Only in freedom do people have the ability to be good, but can freedom itself teach us what “goodness” means?
Why we can’t break up with our stuff — yet
June 19, 2017 | Post
Fifty years from now, people will look back on the turn of the century and wonder about us. They will wonder why we were so wasteful, so selfish.
Why I deserve what you created: word count welfare
June 16, 2017 | Post
I am furious. I was scrolling through my Facebook feed and learned that my friend Steve Horwitz had written almost 3,000 words in a single day in his new book chapter on inequality.
The millennial marriage drought
January 16, 2017 | Post
Despite the popularity of dating apps like Tinder, Grindr, and OKCupid, Millennials are not pairing off. Only 26% of Millennials are married now, compared to 36% of Gen-Xers and 48% of Baby Boomers when they were young. We propose (no pun intended) that the economy is to blame.
How to Sabotage Progress
December 1, 2016 | Video
During the earliest part of the industrial revolution, workers who were upset about losing their jobs to advanced machinery would throw their shoes into the machines in order to sabotage production. We’re seeing recurrence of sabotage again today, but there’s no more successful saboteur than regulation. Duke University Professor Michael C. Munger explains.
New anti-Airbnb law protects hotels from competition (and violates private property and freedom of exchange)
November 15, 2016 | Post
Airbnb is now facing greater opposition in New York thanks to a recent bill signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo which bans advertising of short-term rentals.
How Much Would Be Lost if Uber Simply Went Away?
September 19, 2016 | Post
UberX produces daily social value of about $18 million. That is comparable to having an excellent French impressionist painter produce a beautiful work each day and give it away for free.
The Shared Experiences of the Sharing Economy
July 30, 2016 | Post
The English poet John Donne once wrote that “no man is an island.” It often feels quite the opposite what with the ever increasing technological advances made and the preoccupied-with-our-phone age we find ourselves in. Yet, the same technology that sometimes feels divisive is actually one of the best ways to stay connected. (Think Pokémon Go). The […]