Alex Aragona is a business professional residing in Canada. He is a producer and the host of The Curious Task podcast from the Institute for Liberal Studies. His other writing has been published by t
The policy needle of the state and the conscience of the public don’t budge in any direction if people don’t collaborate to educate others and affect political change. Creating new intellectual and political alliances, and enforcing the connections between old ones, are crucial steps toward spreading ideas, establishing
Many self-proclaimed capitalists and free marketeers see recent advances in space exploration as an opportunity to hail the kinds of fruit borne from markets and competition. In this way, one sees rockets soaring away from their launchpads as heartwarming symbols of entrepreneurship—a display of technological progress and human capability
From governments looking to sue or regulate and politicians grandstanding, through to journalists or politically-inclined observers raising a concern about corporate power, the idea of “monopoly” is often used to set the stage for a discussion on the market position and power of companies like Google and Facebook. Many in
As COVID-19 was throwing its first punches, many pointed to it as a clear example of the kind of crisis that could justify large-scale government intervention into regular social routines, and then in the economy. It was feared that minimizing government’s role in the crisis would result in millions
In terms of economic progress, today’s capitalist-based format, which has triumphed in many corners of the globe, is preferable to an imaginary world full of closed, state-run economies and Soviet imitators. However, the case for certain trade policies, regimes, and norms is often overstated by market liberals who rush
In the liberal ideal individuals pursue their own interests while participating equally in communal decisions, and have a say in the structures that directly and indirectly affect them—whether private arrangements or public/political ones. At the infancy of modern capitalism, one of the biggest hurdles to realizing this ideal