by Henry Oliner | Jan 11, 2020 | Democrats, Economics
One of the most profound quotes of Milton Friedman (a competitive arena) is “A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.” A corollary in today’s Wall Street Journal...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 12, 2019 | Politics, Progressivism
from the notebooks… You do not truly understand an idea until you can articulate its flaws or its limits. This is particularly true with social, economic and political ideas, but it should apply to any idea you support. Similarly, you cannot understand any idea...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 20, 2017 | Economics, Politics
from Will and Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History (Kindle Locations 136-144). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. p 20 “Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 3, 2017 | Politics, Progressivism
from Jonah Goldberg at National Review The Idiot Boys of Antifa and the Alt-Right First of all, Stalinism was genocidal (so were Leninism, Maoism, Jacobinism, Pol Potism, etc.). The only legitimate retort to this is immorally legalistic. The Soviets successfully...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 25, 2016 | Economics
from Deirdre McCloskey at The New York Times, Equality, Liberty, Justice and Wealth: You may object that ideas are a dime a dozen and that to make them fruitful we must start with adequate physical and human capital and good institutions. It’s a popular idea at the...
