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Do Something for Other People by Getting Very, Very Rich

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
06/29/2007

Robert Barro's commentary on Bill Gates illustrates again why the late economist Joseph Schumpeter was so gloomy in his assessment of the question:…

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Long Live Plastics

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
05/23/2007

The London Museum is planning a special exhibit to mark the centennial of a material that was long denigrated–plastics. It will cover the massive importance…

Consumer Freedom

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Isn’t Poverty Even Filthier?

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
05/08/2007

A massive ad campaign has been mounted in recent weeks within the Beltway to demonize coal. The ads show some rather unlikely models posing as…

Energy and Environment

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The Cookie Monster Concept of Censorship

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
03/20/2007

The Sesame Street generation has found their champion in James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, who claims to have been…

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At Least Private Property Is Expanding in Some Nations

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
03/09/2007

A very interesting story in the Washington Post today notes that China is moving to protect private property. The Communist party apparently realizes that…

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Do Editorialists and Environmentalists Read the Paper?

By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
03/09/2007

February was an interesting month; here in Washington, the media and the new Democratic congress are moving rapidly ahead to push alarmist global warming policies.

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Do Something for Other People by Getting Very, Very Rich

Long Live Plastics

Isn’t Poverty Even Filthier?

The Cookie Monster Concept of Censorship

At Least Private Property Is Expanding in Some Nations

Do Editorialists and Environmentalists Read the Paper?