2001 – Joseph Bast | Writing

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There’s been a lot of talk of heroes lately. I’d like to nominate the thousands of advocates of freedom who made these little triumphs of liberty possible.

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The Triumph of Liberty

December 1, 2001

Capitalism couldn’t possibly be the cause of slavery, because slavery preceded capitalism as the dominant social order in virtually all parts of the world.

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Capitalism and Slavery

November 1, 2001

The unintended consequences of income redistribution efforts illustrate the problem facing all efforts to achieve utopia through government intervention.

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Why Your Children Are Socialists

October 1, 2001

Maybe George W. Bush and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are right about the positive relationship between capitalism and the environment. After all, it would be difficult to find another subject on which they agree.

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What About the Future?

September 1, 2001

This is a story about much more than tobacco. It’s about things that threaten everyone’s rights, smokers and nonsmokers alike.

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Who Killed the Marlboro Man?

August 1, 2001

What gives us private property rights to land, possessions, and our own bodies? Historically, private property rights have been respected for five reasons.

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What Gives You the Right?

July 1, 2001

On a scale of 1 to 10, I’ll give this one a 12 for shock value and a 13 for sheer, stinking chutzpah. April fooled ME.

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Gotcha!

May 1, 2001

I guess I always knew there were victims of the War on Drugs. I just never thought I would be one of them.

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This May Be My Last Letter

April 1, 2001

Capitalism--disliked, defamed, and misunderstood as it is--looks pretty good compared to the alternative.

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Socialist Myths, Capitalist Truths

March 1, 2001

One problem with not regularly revisiting the roots of one’s economic and political views is that one loses the ability to defend them in public debate.

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Can You Defend Capitalism?

February 1, 2001