The Wealth of Nations (1776) is an inquiry into what creates wealth in a society, and explains the workings of markets to create wealth through trade and production under specialization under a division of labor, as if they are guided by an "invisible hand." Explore...
At the start of the 20th century, Ludwig Von Mises was one of the few brave individuals who warned of how government creates inflation and depressions and why socialism does not work (except to destroy civilization). His ability to explain economic phenomena and the...
The Prime Movers examines the seven attributes common to all great wealth creators: independent vision, an active mind, competence and confidence, the drive to action, egoistic passion, love of ability in others, and virtue. In the right mix, these traits are what...
Creativity, Inc. is the inside story of Pixar Animation - which created the Toy Story trilogy, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles - by Ed Catmull, Pixar president and co-founder (with George Lucas) which also serves as “an expression of the ideas that I...
"Progress can be achieved in any industry or area of business. It comes from the most important skill that every leader must master: learning to think for yourself." "Doing what someone else already knows how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something...
“Political Economy, like the exact sciences, is composed of a small number of fundamental principles and a great many corollaries that follow from these principles. . . . These principles are not the work of men; they derive from the nature of things. They are not...
As the nation’s longest-serving CEO of a top-25 financial institution, Professor Allison has had a unique inside view of the events leading up to the financial crisis. He explains how government intervention and regulation of the marketplace caused the housing crisis...
"We’ve all heard that the American Dream is vanishing, and that the cause is rising income inequality. The rich are getting richer by rigging the system in their favor, leaving the rest of us to struggle just to keep our heads above water. To save the American Dream,...
Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations resulting in disparities. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics or victims of discrimination. Thomas Sowell's Discrimination and Disparities...