IMG SRC [Image is my own creation] At this point, I've seen countless documentaries on the 2008 financial crisis. One thing I'll always love about them, is seeing all the major news anchors of the time.

IMG SOURCE [ A Few Opening Thoughts Hayek's writing is pretty grotesque, as he makes some bold claims. I can't help but imagine that he wrote this in a similar fashion that I write these reflections: with

IMG SRC [ (I didn't read this article so it may be utterly disappointing) Today we are diving into Dr. Per Bylund's "Monopoly Power: What Should We Fear?" As its only an hour long seminar, there

[Image Source] Opening Dr. Trost's "The Libertarian, Conservative Progressive, Communist (Not Socialist) Case for a Universal Basic Income" outlines a potential plan for a universal basic income.

This image is my own creation. There is much to digest in these readings, and for that purpose I will focus mainly on Bastiat’s 'The Government' and pull in snippets from ‘The Law’ and ‘Petition.’ There

[Image Source] ( To preface, I’d like to say I agree with most of what Dr. Powell had to say. I enjoyed his presentation, and I thought the idea of drinking his way through socialist countries was interesting.

Image Source: When I heard the name of Dr. Hall’s book, I immediately thought of Back to the Future. I remember watching it as a kid and wondering if there would be flying cars in 2015. When we did reach

Image Source In Dr. Hall’s Lecture “Where’s My Flying Car,” he argues that there is a barrier to innovation largely caused by a large need for energy for some projects. This barrier, he claims, is caused

Image Source In reading Chapter 4 of Gilder’s “Wealth and Poverty,” I concluded that capitalism is driven simultaneously by supply and demand and that there is no such thing as a capitalist driven by

Image Source: Perfect Competition I think that this chapter of Wealth and Poverty made an important connection between economics and entrepreneurship for me. I have only taken the basic macro and micro

Image Source: I’ve spent a lot of time debating whether I agree with Gilder’s idea that capitalism begins with giving. Or, if I do agree, whether that idea still stands today. I believe that it is true

Image Source In Wealth and Poverty, Gilder characterizes capitalists as altruistic givers and claims that capitalism begins with giving. He attempts to put his own ideas in contrast to the ideas of Adam

Image Source: Although this video was very interesting and had lots of historical context, I had to do some other research to learn more about the robber barons and what they actually did wrong. While

Image Source In Dr. Burt Folsom’s lecture ‘The Myth of the Robber Barons,” he discusses the unsuccessful history of the United States’ subsidies to companies, particularly touching on the Collins’ steamship

Image Source In watching the debate between Dr. Bylund and Dr. Holcombe, I found myself to be entirely in agreement with Dr. Holcombe about the infeasibility of a world without government. He reiterated

Image Source: I think I had almost identical views about anarchy or anarcho-capitalism that Dr. Holcombe had. Like him, my biggest concerns are the lack of protection and law enforcement. I am very weary

Image Source: Before this class, when I thought of anarchism I thought about “Anarchy in the U.K.” by the Sex Pistols. I hadn’t realized that it went further than graffiti and rejecting authority. I’ve

Image Source: I was disappointed to realize that my mindset about poverty and international aid before watching this video was incorrect. I’ve always thought that sending supplies and aid to poverty-stricken

Image Source The Poverty Inc. documentary discusses the problems with current and historic approaches to global aid from the perspectives of experts and citizens of countries which are the recipients of

Image Source: I honestly haven’t thought too much about healthcare in my life. I am still on my parents’ insurance, and with 7 people in our family, we meet our deductible quickly and don’t have many issues