It seemed necessary to break up Novak's speech into yet a third section (again, for purposes of brevity and separation of arguments). I've repeatedly argued that capitalism is a system that *is* moral, but it is *not* a system *of* morality. Communism wants to play at both and fails. Capitalism is purely an economic system and though it has many ( Read more... )

Picking up where we left off dissecting Michael Novak's case for capitalismII. THE MORAL CASE FOR CAPITALISM ( Read more... )

In my research I've come across a speech delivered by Michael Novak, of the the foremost Catholic theologians, to the Mont Pelerin Society in Sri Lanka on the morality of capitalism. The speech is long and so I will provide the relevant excerpts, so forgive me if the argument doesn't flow as well as it did when Novak delivered the speech. Also, I ( Read more... )

In the ongoing capitalist vs. anti-capitalist debate, my neo-Luddite opponent (who claims to prefer a primitive tribal, hunter-gatherer society but refuses to move to one) argued that a person can't be both moral and a capitalist and that capitalism has led to nothing good for anyone. This article from NRODT sheds light on this issue ( Read more... )

Go here to see the capitalist vs. anti-capitalist debate. (It's carried over here as well.)

In response to my post on the blessings of capitalism, our commie friend has posted some anti-capitalist quotes from Confucius [UPDATE: he says that it's not a direct response to my post and I'll take him at his word]. I specifically responded to several of his quotations but I also made an argument, told a story and shared a few quotes which I'll ( Read more... )

Among the blessings of capitalism is the fact that capitalist societies are better for the poor. As the anonymous immigrant quipped to Dinesh D'Souza about why he wanted to come to America so badly: "I want to live in a country where the poor are fat.Milton Friedman, one of the 20th centuries greatest minds, once wrote: "The rich in Ancient Greece ( Read more... )

1) Yet another reason we need school choice: a geography teacher in one state can't help ranting and raving about President Bush between teaching state captials and another school is hosting a mock trial of President Bush for war crimes and human rights abuses.

2) In "Reason" magazine, Jacob Sullum argues that the federal partial-birth abortion ( Read more... )