Free Enterprise on Townhall

Urban Problem Bigger Than Detroit Mon Mar 25

Star Parker

We are now hearing the usual voices of protest in Detroit in the wake of Michigan governor Rick Snyder appointing an outside expert to take over financial management of the near-bankrupt city. ... more
College: A Terrible Return-on-Investment for Nearly Half of Working Americans Mon Jan 28

Daniel Doherty
What Does 'Right to Work' Really Mean? Wed Jan 2

Chris Malagisi

At this point in time, most people are probably familiar with the 'Right to Work' drama that ensued last week in Michigan. Through a debate with a staunch pro-union friend of mine, it dawned on me that perhaps there were some people who might not actually understand what it means to be pro 'Right to Work.' ... more
Capitalism With a Human Face: A Golden Age Wed Dec 26

Ralph Benko

There’s an urban legend besetting the urbane that capitalism is a system of privilege designed for the Ebenezer Scrooges of the world. Not so. Capitalism works at least as well for us Bob Cratchits as it does for misers, probably better. Capitalism is the only proven mechanism by which the workers of the world may unite to lose their chains. ... more
AEI Announces 2012 “Free Enterprise” Video Contest Winners Tue Oct 9

Daniel Doherty
The Moral Argument Must Be Made Thu Sep 27

Jackie Gingrich Cushman

The Obama administration's policies are bad. Bad in the sense that the policies are morally corrupting. They take money and control away from people and give them to government bureaucrats, who then decide what should be done. The policies encourage people to be less responsible personally and to rely more on the government. ... more
Obama's Bain Attacks Could Backfire Mon May 28

Michael Barone

The ham-handed Barack Obama campaign attack ads on Mitt Romney's former firm Bain Capital have drawn a lot of ire from other Democrats. ... more
New RNC Ad: President Obama's Worst Week, Evah? Fri May 25

Erika Johnsen
Romney: Obama doesn't get free enterprise system Thu May 24

AP News
From Mao to 'Money Worship' Thu May 24

Steve Chapman

CHANGSHA, China -- On an island in the Xiang River stands a massive bust of the late Chinese ruler Mao Zedong as a young man, his long hair blowing gracefully in an imaginary wind. Good thing for him he's a safe distance from the Expo Central China. If he could see it, he would be tearing his hair out. ... more
Obama's Two-Front Attack on Free Enterprise Wed May 23

Reince Priebus

Instead of working to grow our economy, President Obama is waging an assault on free enterprise. ... more
Making Life Fair Wed May 16

John Stossel

When my wife was a liberal, she complained that libertarian reasoning is coldhearted. Since markets produce winners and losers -- and many losers did nothing wrong -- market competition is cruel. It must seem so. ... more
Would You Want Obama Investing Your Money? Wed May 16

Donald Lambro

President Obama is attacking Mitt Romney's job creation record when he headed a capital investment firm that turned failing companies and start-up businesses into success stories. ... more
Mitt: It's Free Enterprise vs. Taxmageddon Wed Apr 18

Larry Kudlow

In my latest interview with former Governor Mitt Romney, he emphatically defends his own business success against Obama’s class warfare/Buffett Rule/Romney Rule attacks. ... more
Another Day, Another Administration Witch Hunt Wed Apr 18

David Harsanyi

This week, President Barack Obama is taking the fight to "oil speculators" and "market manipulation" (nee "free enterprise"), demanding that traders put up more money for transactions and government ratchet up enforcement and monitoring. ... more