Eric Scheske

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The Libertarian Position, Spun as Concisely as Possible with a Lacing of Catholicism

The Libertarian Position, Spun as Concisely as Possible with a Lacing of Catholicism

The market works best when it's free. When the market works best, wealth increases. As wealth increases, everyone on average is better off compared to where they would be without the market. The better off people are, the more they can pursue whatever non-market goals they have. These

Distributism is the Economic Sphere Revolt Against Modernity and Left-Hemispheric Hegemony

Distributism is the Economic Sphere Revolt Against Modernity and Left-Hemispheric Hegemony

Unfortunately, it doesn't work in the modern world without big government, and big government is the celebration of the left hemisphere. Still, it's worth pondering, just as I think it's worth pondering anarchism. Neither will be attained in my lifetime, but I think such

Every Town has a Story Worth Saving: A Review of Hello, Bookstore

Every Town has a Story Worth Saving: A Review of Hello, Bookstore

Is there another art form as dependent on chance as the documentary film? In 2019, director A.B. Zax set out to capture the story of the appropriately-if-unimaginatively-named The Bookstore, a fixture of Lenox, Massachusetts owned and operated by its proprietor Matthew Tannenbaum since 1976. With the arrival of COVID-19

Heartland Manufacturing Renaissance

Heartland Manufacturing Renaissance

From City Journal

Tired of Being Chumps

Tired of Being Chumps

What happens when the people who have been the backbone of America realize the system is rigged against them and stop supporting it?

Jack Dorsey's Decentralized Web

Jack Dorsey's Decentralized Web

From Bitcoin Magazine

Seven Great Quotes About Money

Seven Great Quotes About Money

Emperor Vespasian famously said, “Money has no smell” when questioned about his decision to tax urinals. The folks here might disagree.

The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell

The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell

The Free Market is Anti-Gnostic

The Free Market is Anti-Gnostic

That's why I'm always drawn to it. It doesn't deny or decry a structure of oppression. It just says, "That's the way things are; deal with it." The gnostic says, "I hate the way things are, so I'

The Great Reset is State-of-the-Art Hudge and Gudge

The Great Reset is State-of-the-Art Hudge and Gudge

"Stakeholder capitalism" is big business with government shareholders . . . and it'll be wicked G.K. Chesterton wrote about "Hudge and Gudge": Big Business and Big Government. Here's how the American Chesterton Society describes these two GKC characters: Chesterton introduced these two in his