Click Here to Download a PDF of This Article This is part 2 of a 4-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Producer vs. Employee Society A society of producers is more likely to promote freedom than a society of dependents. Indeed, only a society of producers can maintain freedom. Most nations in history have … [Read more...]
Entrepreneurs of the World, Unite!, Part 1
March 2, 2010 by 1 Comment
Click Here to Download a PDF of This Article This is part 1 of a 4-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here A revolution is needed. Not just any revolution, mind you, but a specific kind of freedom shift that will make the critical difference. In order to progress, we need a renaissance of the … [Read more...]
Independents & Tea Party, Part 3: Liberal vs. Conservative Populism
February 17, 2010 by 4 Comments
Click Here to Download a PDF of this Article This is part 3 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Note, in contrast [to conservative populism], that liberal populism typically follows a different path. Movements such as Abolition, Feminism, Civil Rights and Environmentalism build and build until they are legislated. At … [Read more...]
Georgic Economics: The Genesis of Liberty
February 8, 2010 by 3 Comments
A “Georgic economy" occurs when families plant seeds after preparing the ground; they then water, tend, protect, and eventually harvest. In our modern day, it is experienced by families who adopt Georgic principles in their finances. It is compared to banking as well: Banks plant seeds (of capital) and harvests increase over time. When … [Read more...]
The Latch-Key Generation & Independents, Part 3: Generations & Independent Philosophy
February 4, 2010 by 2 Comments
This is part 3 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Generations Independents are the latch-key generation grown up. Raised by themselves, with input from peers, they are skeptical of parents’ (conservative) overtures of care after years of emotional distance. They are unmoved by parents’ (liberal) emotional insecurity … [Read more...]
The Latch-Key Generation & Independents, Part 2: Management 3.0
February 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 2 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here It may seem oxymoronic to say that pragmatic Independents have ideals, but they are actually as driven as conservatives and liberals. Independents want government, markets and society to work, and to work well. They don’t believe in utopia, but they do think that … [Read more...]
The Latch-Key Generation & Independents, Part 1
February 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 1 of a 3-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here The rise of Independents isn’t an accident. It is the natural result of both major parties emphasizing politics over principle and ideology over pragmatism. A third reason for the rise of Independents is the widespread loss of blind faith in man-made institutions (like … [Read more...]
Beyond Liberals & Conservatives, Part 3: The New Majority
January 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 3 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here But the biggest shift of all may be that postmodernists and independents have a new faith: “We must save ourselves, at least as far as this world is concerned.” On one extreme, this means becoming truly self-made, like an Ayn Rand hero, building yourself and your family … [Read more...]
Beyond Liberals & Conservatives, Part 2, The Current Debate
January 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 2 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Most recently, Ralph Nader has argued that the only solution to our current problems is for the super-rich to use their influence and power to reduce corporate power in the world and let governments save us. Government offers the most hope to mankind, this view argues, … [Read more...]
Beyond Liberal & Conservative: Independents, Postmodernism, & How To Really Understand the Issues, Part 1
January 8, 2010 by 1 Comment
This is part 1 of a 3-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here If you want to understand and profit from the political, economic and cultural forces at play in today’s world, you must understand two things: The evolution of pre-modernism, modernism and post-modernism. How independents view and are shaping the world. Armed … [Read more...]
