Paul Mueller

Free enterprise has emerged over the past three hundred years as the most important material development in history, fostering what one economist calls “The Great Enrichment.” There have always been skeptics and critics of free enterprise, but in recent years they have made alarming inroads in the public’s perception of business and the economy. One inroad involves lowering the moral status of business in society’s eyes.

Analogies have the power to reveal new relationships and to reframe how we think. Good analogies help us understand the world. They use relationships and phenomena we experience to help us understand more complex or abstract phenomena. On the other hand, bad analogies can cause grave errors.

Against collectivist impulses, the defense of freedom, personal responsibility, and the moral, political, legal, and economic foundations of a free society is ever necessary. Protecting the American experiment in ordered liberty is a debt that we owe to the past, and a challenge to pursue in the future. We examine the following issues in this area: the case for free trade vs. protectionism, individualism vs.