By Paul Homewood Emperor Wind may have no clothes, but King Coal carries on regardless! New Delhi: The Union coal ministry on Monday announced plans to increase India’s coal production to 1.404 billion tonne by 2027, with an eye to further boost it to 1.577 billion tonne by 2030. Current domestic […]
India To Increase Coal Production By 60%
India To Increase Coal Production By 60%
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Reflections on the TCU Capitalism versus Socialism Debate
08 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
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Two days ago at Texas Christian University, I debated Scott Sehon, chair of Bowdoin College’s Philosophy Department, on Capitalism versus Socialism. (Video forthcoming eventually). My opening statement was a slight variation on the one I wrote for an earlier debate on the same topic with Elizabeth Bruenig. Sehon’s opening statement was adapted from his Socialism:…
Reflections on the TCU Capitalism versus Socialism Debate
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South Africa’s Slow, Inevitable March Towards Collapse
04 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
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Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason Riley Book Review
30 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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I was skeptical of learning about Sowell because he leans conservative, and I was curious to learn about Sowell because he leans conservative. The last few years I’ve grown sympathetic to the political left because I got tired of conservatives seeming hatred for all things “left.” After reading this book I think a lot of […]
Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason Riley Book Review
Book Review: Race and Culture by Thomas Sowell
29 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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Thomas Sowell is a skilled writer with a powerful ability to combine historical, social science and free-market perspectives. He cuts through the noise and doesn’t mince his words on the sensitive topics of race and culture. In Race and Culture Sowell argues against two common social science doctrines: 1) that all races are equal and […]
Book Review: Race and Culture by Thomas Sowell
Which Is Better: Capitalism or Socialism?
25 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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Here is debate audio for last week’s Capitalism versus Socialism Debate at TCU. Scott Sehon was a fine opponent, in the same league as John Marsh. Enjoy!P.S. Thanks again to Rob Garnett and Sam Arnold for hosting.
Which Is Better: Capitalism or Socialism?
David Friedman on climate change
21 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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David D. Friedman – The Externality problem: Population, Climate, Pandemic
19 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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‘Green’ Energy’s Demand For Rare Earths Driving Wholesale Environmental Destruction
19 Oct 2023 1 Comment
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Solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles all critically depend upon a raft of minerals known as ‘rare earths’, as well as mountains of copper and cobalt. With the exponential increase in demand for minerals comes an exponential growth in the mountains of toxic filth left behind during mining and processing those minerals. The minerals […]
‘Green’ Energy’s Demand For Rare Earths Driving Wholesale Environmental Destruction
David D. Friedman: The Machinery of Freedom, Education, and India
16 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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