Capitalism FAQ
The Capitalism FAQ features commonly asked questions and answers about capitalism from a rational egoist, individual rights, capitalist perspective.
Antitrust & Monopolies
Banking
Capitalism
Collectivism & Statism
Competition
- Freedom of Competition
- Competition and Coopeartion
- Consumer and Producer Rights
- “Equal Playing Field”
Corporation
Crime
Depressions
- Great Recession of 2008
- Great Depression (1930s)
- Inflation
- Capitalism and Depressions
- Booms and Busts
- Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930)
Education
- Education
- Right to Education
- Education and the State
- Funding Education
- Private Schools
- Public Education
- Improving Education
Environment
Equality
Ethics
Foreign Policy
Government
- Government
- Government Use of Force
- Functions of Government
- Economic and Political Power
- Role of Government
- Taxation
- “Public Interest”
- Lobbying and Cronyism
Healthcare
History
Immigration
- Immigration Under Capitalism
- Right to Immigration
- Immigration
- Immigration Burden
- Ideological Profiling
- Language
- Open Borders
Individual Rights
- Individualism
- Political Freedom
- Individual Rights
- Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
- Rights are inalienable
- Rights do not guarantee equal results
- Rights are universal
- Rights are not self-evident
- Rights are not permissions
- Freedom of Speech
- Rights are non-contradictory
Law
- Objective Law
- Constitution
- Constitutional Republic
- Federalism
- Separation of Powers
- Branches of Government
- Check and Balances
- Political Power
- Democracy
Markets
- Economics
- Economic Actor
- Economic Value
- Production
- Consumption
- Wealth
- Division of Labor
- Trade
- Prices
- Money
- Free-Market
- Market Competition
- Business Enterprise
- Profit and Loss
- Savings
- Capitals
- Entrepreneur
- Interest
- Capital and Consumer goods
- Profits
- “Trickle Down Economics” Smear
- Say’s Law of Markets
Progress
Regulation
Religion
Unions
Wealth & Poverty
- Poverty
- Charity vs. Welfare
- Nation’s Wealth
- Distribution of Wealth
- Money Meaning
- Unequal Income Tax
- Inheritance Tax
- Child Labor Laws