Thomas Paine’s Forgotten Radicalism: A Review of Agrarian Justice
By the time Thomas Paine published Agrarian Justice in 1797, he had already helped ignite revolutions on both sides of the Atlantic. Common Sense had roused American…
Finance and Economy
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The Last Act of Capitalism
There’s a strange mood in the air; like the moment before a summer storm. The skies look fine, but the light feels wrong. We live in a…
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Is There a Possibility of Moral Capitalism?
There is no system that has not, at some point in history, betrayed the dignity of the human soul. The state becomes oppressive; the church becomes corrupt;…
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Did We Choose the Gig Economy, or Were We Talked Into It?
I talk a lot about the evils of wage slavery, about independence, being your own man, etc.. So, here’s a little “devil’s advocate”; just to keep things…
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The Sad Commercialization of Goodness
It has been said, often by those who profit by it, that competition and self-interest drive all human progress. I have never been quite convinced of this…
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The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek – a review
Some books are like fireworks; dazzling for a moment, quickly forgotten. And then there are the ones like The Road to Serfdom, F.A. Hayek’s slim, serious warning…
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The Trojan Horse of Surveillance Capitalism
Once upon a time, we paid for things with money. Now, increasingly, we pay with ourselves; our thoughts, our habits, our desires, our attention. The modern economy…
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Why Some Co-ops Fail—and How Meaningful Success Keeps Yours Alive
In our co-op, we have learned something simple but often forgotten. People stay motivated when their efforts matter. Not in some abstract sense or as part of…
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The Interconnectedness of Human Action
There exists, beneath the surface of daily life, a silent architecture of cause and effect; a structure so persistent and so subtle that we are seldom aware…
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The Escape Plan: A Playbook for Getting Out of Wage Slavery
There’s a moment (maybe it hits you while you’re microwaving your third sad lunch of the week, or when your boss sends a 4:59 p.m. email titled…