Sparks Commentary

You're applying for a dream job at a particular organization. You “just know” that this occupation is right for you – or, at least, th...

“[The Congress shall have the power] To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inv...

One day, a man named Bob goes to the store to buy some milk for his family. Since the price is only $2.00 per gallon that day, he decides ...

"Commerce and manufactures gradually introduced order and good government, and with them the liberty and security of individuals, amo...

"The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But mod...

I've had a number of people tell me over the years that with my interest in  history , I should have been a  history teacher . Thus, i...

We've all heard stories about how bad things were during the Great Depression , with extensive poverty and massive unemployment - perh...

"In a free-enterprise, private-property system, a corporate executive is an employee of the owners of the business. He has a direct r...

One of the central tenets of Marxism is the "labor theory of value," which is the idea that the economic value of something is d...

"Competition engenders misery, it foments civil war, it 'changes natural zones,' mixes up nationalities, causes trouble in fa...

Tiananmen Square , China 1989 "China isn't all that bad," some say ... The critics of communism have long pointed o...

I would wager that many a student has taken a statistics class, and been introduced to bell curves without having the slightest idea why t...

"This division of labour, from which so many advantages are derived, is not originally the effect of any human wisdom, which foresees...

I  posted earlier that one of the most sacred tenets of liberalism is the goal of equality of condition: the idea that there should be no...

One of the most sacred tenets of liberalism is the goal of equality of condition: the idea that there should be no rich or poor, but that ...

Karl Marx, the chief founder of communism Does communism cause poverty? And how can this be tested? Karl Marx What counts as...

"The greatest improvements in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment, with which...

" ... every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neit...

" A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism . All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcis...

"Let's start with what economics isn't.  Economics isn't a meal ticket to make lots of money in the stock market, althoug...