The Free Market 13, no. 12 (December 1995) As Victorian England produced the classic Christmas literary work, Dickens’s A Christmas Carol , 20th-century America has made its distinctive contribution: the Christmas movie. Unfortunately, this genre has continued Dickens’s contrast of the Christmas spirit with the bottom-line heartlessness of
The Free Market 23, no. 9 (September 2003) A s the payday lending industry has grown rapidly over the past decade, particularly in lower-income and minority communities, the usual critics of free-market commerce have found yet another capitalist whipping boy ripe for attack. These critics, often posturing as “consumer advocates,” charge that
The Free Market 24, no. 7 (July 2004) T he psychology of the anti-market left can be a puzzle, but even more confounding is the mentality of the anti-market right. There are agrarians, medievalists, and nationalists, and, above all, the neoconservatives, who dread the market as much as any socialist from days of yore. Their critique differs, but
The Free Market 13, no. 12 (December 1995) Como la Inglaterra victoriana produjo la obra literaria clásica de Navidad, Un cuento de Navidad de Dickens, el Estados Unidos del siglo veinte ha hecho su contribución distintiva: la película de Navidad. Desafortunadamente, este género ha continuado el contraste de Dickens del espíritu navideño con la
A medida que la industria de préstamos de salarios ha crecido rápidamente en la última década, especialmente en las comunidades de bajos ingresos y minorías, los críticos habituales del comercio en el libre mercado han encontrado a otro niño capitalista que está listo para ser atacado. Estos críticos, que a menudo se posicionan como “defensores de
The Free Market 24, no. 7 (julio de 2004) La psicología de la izquierda anti-mercado puede ser un enigma, pero aún más desconcertante es la mentalidad de la derecha anti-mercado. Hay agraristas, medievalistas, y nacionalistas, y, sobre todo, los neoconservadores, que temen al mercado tanto como cualquier socialista desde antaño. Su crítica
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