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Two Cheers for Capitalism?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on 20 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
I attended the Midwest Students for Liberty conference this weekend where I listened to some great lectures.  The last speaker of the conference was Peter Leeson who gave a lecture titled “Two Cheers for Capitalism?”  The following is a couple take aways from his lecture, which is also in a working [...]

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Michael Moore: What We’re Seeing is the End of Capitalism

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on 21 November 2008 | 2 Comments »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
I don’t have words to explain how I feel about this…

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Atlas Shrugged 2009

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 31 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
I found a website with information regarding the production of a movie based on the book, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.  Apparently, it is in production and to be released in 2009.
Atlas Shrugged is a novel first published in the United States in 1957.  There is a wiki article that does [...]

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He Has the Right

Posted in economics, tagged , , on 7 August 2008 | 2 Comments »

<>< Josh Rule : : 2008 MCPP Intern
Yeah, we like capitalism here.  And, we are not ashamed of that.  Markets are good things.  So, let’s hear a little applause for Armin Heinrich, a developer for the iPhone who released a new application at the App Store yesterday.  The program, called I Am Rich is designed [...]

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What’s That You Got Over There by the Fridge?

Posted in Environment, tagged , , , , , on 9 July 2008 | 2 Comments »

<>< Josh Rule : : 2008 MCPP Intern
ITM-Power, a UK-based enterprise dedicated to “provid[ing] all aspects of the technology necessary to make the “hydrogen economy” a commercial reality”, has recently announced a product that could place them one step closer to that goal.  Today, they introduced a home refueling station that uses electrolysis to create [...]

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Is Greed Good or Bad?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 3 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Greed is bad, right? John Stossel reports on this very question and generates some interesting results. Watch the first part of the video below

The additional five portions of this video are located here
Kurt Bouwhuis, Intern for The Mackinac Center for Public Policy

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eBay Calls for Trading Freedom

Posted in politics, tagged , , , , on 23 June 2008 | 2 Comments »

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<>< Josh Rule : : 2008 MCPP Intern
BBC News just put up an article about eBay’s recent work to open up international trading restrictions, particularly within the European Union.  Current law makes it difficult, if not illegal, to trade goods across international borders as an online vendor.  Accordingly, traditional vendors are working to [...]

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If Your Neighbor Owns a Porsche…

Posted in politics, tagged , , , , on 17 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Mackinac Center has an encouraging article today by Joseph Corey on the success of the free market in Poland since the collapse of socialism. Corey discusses the progress Poland has made in the last 20 years and where it needs to head in the years to come. Check it out here.
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An unexpected question

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on 16 June 2008 | 8 Comments »

“How do you feel about capitalism?” a friend asked. I was a bit taken aback. I’m a red-blooded American citizen – how did he think I felt about capitalism? I responded with a solid, Lockean answer: that I believed that whatever a person made with their own toil, sweat, and tears is and ought to [...]

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