The purpose of The Hayek Group Blog is to enhance public discourse by educating people on societal issues.
Hayek Group blogs will inform by focusing on social science. Science can be described as a process of fact collecting (i.e., making and recording observations regarding what is “true” about our world) and developing theories (i.e., presenting explanations of what we observe or explanations of how we believe the world works). We should all agree there ought not be democrat science separate from republican science; rather, there should just be science. Thus, by focusing on the science, Hayek Group blogs will not be political or partisan.
However, even if two people agree on the science, the two may disagree on policy because they have differing values or priorities. Political differences may be related to differences on social science, but they most typically arise because of differing values or priorities. That is, to take a position on policy, one must normally place one value over others or one set of priorities over other sets. Because The Hayek Group is not a political organization aimed at changing either your values or priorities, Hayek Group blogs will not take positions on policies.
What the Hayek Group Blog will do is allow registered users to comment on the blogs. It is expected that those commenting will express policy preferences and discuss different policies related to the blog post. Policy commentary is just fine. However, there is also a desire to use comments to edit and improve the blogs. In a comment, a participant may identify available facts not included in a given blog, or indicate an idea about how the world works that is not included. Our hope is that, over time, The Hayek Group Blog will be a place you and others will want to go for an unbiased, brief but also relatively complete presentation of the available social science on an issue.
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The allure of free things and the moral supposition some things should be free leads to bad outcomes, with internet technology bringing us pernicious examples in the form of privacy intrusions.
FEMA is wasteful agency, not serving it\\’s real purpose, and acting only as taxpayer-funded insurance program, often taxing the poor to subsidize the rich. It should be abolished, not reformed.
In the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels declared history can be interpreted as the struggle between the oppressors and the oppressed. This blog proposes and explains why the real struggle now is, and perhaps always historically has been, between individualism and collectivism.
Wealth inequality is often used as a philosophical yard stick, but its statistical significance is misleading and its assumed social significance mis-measures real value in life.
Trace the history of political myths, examining how they’ve been used to justify power, from ancient philosophy to contemporary political conflicts.
Explore the debate around surfing’s origins and cultural appropriation. Learn why individual innovation, not group identity, deserves credit.
Discover the factors jeopardizing rapid economic growth and their potential impact on future generations in this insightful analysis by Ron Knecht.
Explore the life and work of Thomas Sowell, renowned economist and social theorist, as presented by Jason Riley in this insightful blog post from the Hayek Group.
Explore the concept of personal responsibility and its crucial role in a thriving free-market economy. Discover why individual accountability is essential for a prosperous America.
Explore the debate surrounding income inequality in the U.S. Are the rich getting richer, or is the reality more nuanced?
By Chuck Cohn: We spend too much of our lives submitting to the coercive powers of government, naively applied.
Bitcoin: Unconfiscatable, borderless value for all. Explore how it empowers individuals & safeguards property rights in the digital age.
Tired of negativity? Reframe the ‘privilege’ narrative, find strength in your story, and rise above name-calling.
The Hayek Group analyzes incentive problems in healthcare, contrasting fee-for-service, HMOs, and socialized medicine.
Join the Hayek Group community in exploring Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. This educational blog series provides a comprehensive overview for beginners & experienced investors alike.
Learn with the Hayek Group: Financial literacy and benefits of receiving financial education at a younger age, rather than at an older age.
Wokism critiques systemic oppression and power imbalances. Rooted in post-modernism and critical theory, it emphasizes deconstructing societal narratives and advocating for marginalized groups.
Wokism merges individual identities into group identities, promotes a victim mindset, and undermines personal agency. Wokism is unfalsifiable, uses complex language to avoid criticism, and resembles a secular cult.
Liberty is more than what is expressed by our contemporary conception. Learn more about it with The Hayek Group and Craig Knoche.
Freedom is a right AND a responsibility. Learn more about freedom and its principles with The Hayek Group and Liz Arnold.
The US has the world’s oldest and longest running constitutional democratic republic. Are the US constitutional principles safe?
Government is a servant and government is a force. Learn more about powers of the constitutional governance with The Hayek Group.
Everything you need to know about corporation: its provenance and history, benefits to society and meaning of the modern corporation.
Learn about freedom with The Hayek Group: How freedom from external constraint is to be circumscribed and by whom?
Freedom to and freedom from: what is mean to be free? Learn more about two quite distinct conceptions of liberty.
Learn more about liberty and its versions: Freedom from and freedom to. Do they both require absence of external and internal constraint?
Learn more about capital and capitalism with The Hayek Group: where capital comes from and what two basic economy types are.
Income distribution is not equal in the U.S. nor in any other country. Learn more about it and how the distribution changed over time.