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Dead Wrong™ with Johan Norberg – Trade Barriers (VIDEO)

April 27th, 2016FreeToChooseNetwork0 Comments

It’s bizarre that we are now suddenly supposed to trade with vicious dictatorships like Cuba and Iran. Don’t we have a responsibility to try and undermine these despots, with trade sanctions? Dead Wrong! In this short video clip, Free To Choose Media Executive Editor and Cato Institute Senior Fellow Johan Norberg explains.

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Carmine’s Staff Pick: The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg

April 26th, 2016FreeToChooseNetwork0 Comments

The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration

Last month President Obama spoke to a group in Argentina and said the following:

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Dead Wrong™ with Johan Norberg – Inequality (VIDEO)

April 20th, 2016FreeToChooseNetwork0 Comments

The world’s 62 richest people own more than the world’s 3.5 billion poorest people combined. Surely, the big problem in our world is inequality, and the only way to help the poor is to take from the rich. Dead Wrong! In this short video clip, Free To Choose Media Executive Editor and Cato Institute Senior Fellow Johan Norberg explains.

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New Mexico, California and Texas Residents: The Real Adam Smith is airing in your state (4/14/2016 – 4/18/2016)

April 14th, 2016FreeToChooseNetwork0 Comments

The Real Adam Smith is airing in these cities starting Thursday until Monday—be sure to tune in!

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Dead Wrong™ with Johan Norberg – Stagnant Middle Class (VIDEO)

April 13th, 2016FreeToChooseNetwork0 Comments

The middle class is being squeezed. US wages have not increased since the 1970s. If we had just slowed down the pace of technological change, and exposed our companies to less global competition, we would all have benefited. Dead Wrong! In this short video clip, Free To Choose Media Executive Editor and Cato Institute Senior Fellow Johan Norberg explains.

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Dead Wrong with Johan Norberg – Socialist Sweden (Video)

April 6th, 2016FreeToChooseNetwork0 Comments

Many people claim the U.S. should be more like Sweden and give more benefits. Should we? In this short video clip, Free To Choose Media Executive Editor and Cato Institute Senior Fellow Johan Norberg explains how Sweden became successful first, and how expanded government actually pulled them down.

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Dead Wrong with Johan Norberg – Sweatshops (Video)

February 20th, 2016FreeToChooseNetwork0 Comments

The clothes we wear condemn millions to a life of working in a sweatshop in countries like Cambodia and Bangladesh. It’s embarrassing that we walk around in fancy clothes made by poor people who work long hours for little money. We should all be ashamed, shouldn’t we?

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Tomorrow India Kicks Off its Make In India Week…

February 12th, 2016FreeToChooseNetwork0 Comments

Tomorrow India kicks off its Make In India Week (February 13th – 18th). India’s economy is growing at a rapid pace! We recognize India’s resurgence, and our film India Awakes shows how Indians are moving ahead. If you haven’t seen the film yet, be sure to check it out here.

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From the Founder: Seeing is Believing from Bob Chitester

February 8th, 2016FreeToChooseNetwork0 Comments

Seeing is believing.

Scenes of polar bears on melting ice floes. Beggars on the street—a church’s soup kitchen closed because of government regulations. An interior designer is put out of business for lack of a state-issued license. She has few options left to her.

For most people these slice-of-life vignettes are more persuasive than mounds of data. Image and story are more likely to change beliefs and prompt individuals to act.

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Adam Smith on the High Seas by Barbara Potter

January 19th, 2016FreeToChooseNetwork0 Comments

I wake up at 3:20 a.m. and I don’t remember where I am. It’s pitch dark and I hear a steady hum somewhere far below my room. As I reach for my iPhone, it comes back to me: I’m in a ten-by-twelve foot cabin on the F Deck of the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, the largest container ship in the world. We’re at dock.

There’s no telephone, no television, and no wifi, only an orange glow visible through the window. It’s night one of a four-night voyage from Algeciras, Spain to Rotterdam, and our video crew is onboard to get a behind-the-scenes look at the operations of this mammoth ship.

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