Tag: Liberalism
What goes around comes around
James Peron | President | Moorfield Storey Institute | Contributing Author | Free Market Foundation | mail me |
There is a popular phrase people often use, “What goes around comes...
When judges aren’t
The Western (including South African) judiciary is a peculiar thing. To defy a judge is to commit an offence to society so great that most people do not even consider the merits of the defiance, and rush immediately to demand punishment. The recent controversy around Judge Mandlenkosi Motha is a case in point.
Producers are far less harmful than meddling politicians
Life is an endless series of problems, all of them offering competing, imperfect solutions. But not all solutions are actually solutions; some are mistakes. I know of no system or individual that hasn’t made mistakes. The usual wisdom passed on in this matter is that one should learn from mistakes - that the intelligent learn from their errors and correct them.
The Therapy of Markets
One of my privileges in life was to come to know and be friends with Dr. Nathaniel Branden (1930-2014), considered by many to be the father of the self-esteem movement.