"The needy" come in two classes: those who are unable to care for themselves, and those who are able. Objectivism holds that it is not...
Please see our Q&A " What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government ?" which describes the general Objectivist approach to politics. Thi
Objectivists hold that parents are obliged to care for and raise their children. While Objectivism does not accept any unchosen obligations
In the wake of the victory of Christine O’Donnell, backed by Tea Party members, over establishment Republican Mike Castle in Delaware’s
Subjective criteria like "I like it" of course can't be proven as you say. And that is, in fact, why they are wrong. I can't add any more..
November 1999 -- Objectivists too often reduce the life and achievement of James J. Hill to a single debating point: He built a
Pre-emptive use of force may be proper when one is faced with a clear and present danger. This might be a credible threat from someone, or
The Objectivist answer to poverty and other social problems is: 1) create a society in which people have clear reasons to be responsible...
There is not to my knowledge a well-established position on pornography in Objectivism . However, here is my attempt to give an Objectivist
Larry Ribstein has a review of the anti-capitalist film Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. And here is his article on the original Wall
Robert Moffat has apparently asked to begin his six-month prison term for insider trading on November 5 rather than on next June 30...
In my last blog post, “ When Only Ayn Rand Says It All ,” I promised to say more about the continuing prosecution of James Brown as part....
One of the strangest stories in English literature is the rise and fall of Joseph Addison’s Cato, which was first performed in London in....
In my investigation of the Jamie Olis case, I wrote: Following the collapse of Enron in December 2001, the city of Houston became the
March 2005 -- President Bush's recent emphasis on reforming Social Security to include personal retirement accounts has been welcomed by free market advocates as a needed step toward giving people more control over their own lives. So far, much of the debate has focused on issues affecting individuals as participants in Social Security, such as what portion of their payroll taxes people should be allowed to invest in personal retirement accounts, how much the government should restrict investment choices in those accounts, and the extent to which Social Security should provide a minimum benefit relating to personal retirement accounts. Most current reform proposals provide that investment choices would not include individual stocks and bonds selected by the holders of personal accounts, but would be limited to diversified funds that invest in a broad range of stocks, bonds, or both. For example, under the Cato Institute proposal, employees would initially have three investment choices. An employee's contributions would be deposited in one of three balanced funds, each highly diversified and invested in thousands of securities. The default portfolio, where one's money would be invested if no choice were made, would have 60 percent stocks and 40 percent bonds. The two other funds would have the same asset classes but with different weights. (See Michael Tanner, " The 6.2 Percent Solution: A Plan for Reforming Social Security. ")
March 2005 -- Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from David Kelley's book A Life of One's Own: Individual Rights and the Welfare
America has been the land of the individual, and most Americans have thought of themselves as individualists. We still speak favorably of...
Todd Henderson, of the group blog “Truth on the Market,” had a suggestion last Thursday : Subject politicians to the same good-governance
Whoever makes something, having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the process…is entitled to it. The situation is no
March 2002 -- The sudden bankruptcy of Enron Corporation is a scandal that has rocked support for the free market. Living in a division-of..
"The needy" come in two classes: those who are unable to care for themselves, and those who are able. Objectivism holds that it is not...
Please see our Q&A " What is the Objectivist View of Law and Government ?" which describes the general Objectivist approach to politics. Thi
Objectivists hold that parents are obliged to care for and raise their children. While Objectivism does not accept any unchosen obligations
In the wake of the victory of Christine O’Donnell, backed by Tea Party members, over establishment Republican Mike Castle in Delaware’s
Subjective criteria like "I like it" of course can't be proven as you say. And that is, in fact, why they are wrong. I can't add any more..
November 1999 -- Objectivists too often reduce the life and achievement of James J. Hill to a single debating point: He built a
Pre-emptive use of force may be proper when one is faced with a clear and present danger. This might be a credible threat from someone, or
The Objectivist answer to poverty and other social problems is: 1) create a society in which people have clear reasons to be responsible...
There is not to my knowledge a well-established position on pornography in Objectivism . However, here is my attempt to give an Objectivist
Larry Ribstein has a review of the anti-capitalist film Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. And here is his article on the original Wall
Robert Moffat has apparently asked to begin his six-month prison term for insider trading on November 5 rather than on next June 30...
In my last blog post, “ When Only Ayn Rand Says It All ,” I promised to say more about the continuing prosecution of James Brown as part....
One of the strangest stories in English literature is the rise and fall of Joseph Addison’s Cato, which was first performed in London in....
In my investigation of the Jamie Olis case, I wrote: Following the collapse of Enron in December 2001, the city of Houston became the
March 2005 -- President Bush's recent emphasis on reforming Social Security to include personal retirement accounts has been welcomed by free market advocates as a needed step toward giving people more control over their own lives. So far, much of the debate has focused on issues affecting individuals as participants in Social Security, such as what portion of their payroll taxes people should be allowed to invest in personal retirement accounts, how much the government should restrict investment choices in those accounts, and the extent to which Social Security should provide a minimum benefit relating to personal retirement accounts. Most current reform proposals provide that investment choices would not include individual stocks and bonds selected by the holders of personal accounts, but would be limited to diversified funds that invest in a broad range of stocks, bonds, or both. For example, under the Cato Institute proposal, employees would initially have three investment choices. An employee's contributions would be deposited in one of three balanced funds, each highly diversified and invested in thousands of securities. The default portfolio, where one's money would be invested if no choice were made, would have 60 percent stocks and 40 percent bonds. The two other funds would have the same asset classes but with different weights. (See Michael Tanner, " The 6.2 Percent Solution: A Plan for Reforming Social Security. ")
March 2005 -- Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from David Kelley's book A Life of One's Own: Individual Rights and the Welfare
America has been the land of the individual, and most Americans have thought of themselves as individualists. We still speak favorably of...
Todd Henderson, of the group blog “Truth on the Market,” had a suggestion last Thursday : Subject politicians to the same good-governance
Whoever makes something, having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the process…is entitled to it. The situation is no
March 2002 -- The sudden bankruptcy of Enron Corporation is a scandal that has rocked support for the free market. Living in a division-of..