October 10, 2007
Islam’s Quiet Revolution
Islam’s Quiet Revolution
by Samuel Gregg D.Phil.
"[bin-Laden]’s probably aware -- and worried -- that several thousand miles to the south-west of his Afghan-Pakistani hideaway, small but important Muslim countries are gradually embracing features of those very same market-systems he despises. ...
"Economic liberalization is not a panacea for all the Muslim-Arab world’s problems. These go far beyond economic issues. But while economic liberty and free markets are not sufficient for societies to be free, they are essential. ...
"But as the nineteenth-century French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville observed long ago, economic freedom has a way of loosening those bonds that unjustly diminish other legitimate expressions of human liberty -- including, it seems, in Muslim cultures."
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March 29, 2007
The Call of the Entrepreneur
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November 01, 2006
Inflation as a Moral Issue
Dr. Samuel Gregg: Inflation: A Moral Problem.
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September 05, 2006
Got to Admit It's Getting Better...
Would you rather be in the middle 20 percent of the income distribution today or in the top 20 percent 50 years ago? The bottom line.
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Natural Law and the Fiduciary Duties of Business Managers
From the Acton Institute's Markets & Morality Vol. 8, No. 1: Natural Law and the Fiduciary Duties of Business Managers, by Joseph F. Johnston.
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