I will discuss this subject with respect to a single work of art, and relaying my own personal context as well as what I think is objectively conveyed in Bryan Larsen's painting Heroes. You can view an image of Heroes here and purchase it if you like what
There are many lessons we can learn from Prisoner of the State, Zhao Ziyang’s memoirs of the economic reforms which he recorded in secret while under house arrest. One of them is the Kafkaesque experience with his captors, who refused to acknowledge that Zhao was under house arrest while
Podcast
Today, Marcus discusses major issues, challenges, and opportunities in the realm of education with a charter school teacher. We go through some of the most important things to consider when selecting a private school, as well as the different opportunities presented by private schools. We also discuss different philosophical approaches
Economics
Elon Musk's ongoing saga with Twitter is just one more illustration of how government regulations have a very real impact on our everyday lives.
Discussions surrounding economics are always rooted ultimately in morality and other philosophical ideas. Many have written on the ethics of capitalism, and the arguments for individual rights underlying it. Yaron Brook, Ayn Rand, and other Objectivists have written extensively on these subjects, and I highly commend their works to you.
Current
I was pleasantly surprised when I watched President Biden's speech on a live broadcast the other day. He had some incredibly powerful and positive lines - though he likely would have inadequate definitions for some of the terms he used, his use of concepts such as liberalism and
History
The Cold War is perhaps the most tragic and unnecessary conflict since the World Wars. Yet the conflict finally drew to a close during the 1980s, with the ascendancy of Ronald Reagan and his strategy of financially bankrupting the Soviet Union through a renewed arms race. Seeing the inferior economic
Current
Freedom of Contract had a vibrant (albeit not completely consistent) history within American jurisprudence during the so-called Lochner Era, which legal scholars generally regard as lasting from the late nineteenth century until 1937. While never completely consistent in its application, the Supreme Court defended property rights much more consistently than