Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze South Park 's take on the causes of the recession and the housing bubble. Design/methodology/approach – The essay describes the events in the South Park episode and compares them to the respective events of the recession and the housing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed critical light on micro‐finance. Design/methodology/approach – This scheme is managed from an economic perspective. Findings – Micro‐finance comes to us as a left wing attack on the free enterprise system; as such, it ought to be opposed...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the minimum wage law is deleterious to the unskilled, to the young and to members of minority groups. Design/methodology/approach – The main method used in this paper is the logical application of basic supply and demand economic...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to support the claim that socialism is ineffective and inefficient, and that this insight applies to socialized medicine, as well as all other forms of socialism. Design/methodology/approach – The main method utilized in this paper is the application of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the viability of free market environmentalism. This is the philosophy that has as its basic premise the view that laissez faire capitalism and concomitant private property rights, far from being an impediment to the well-functioning of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to trace the relationship between social media and socialism. Design/methodology/approach – The design of this paper is to articulate what is socialism and social media. We trace the relationship between the two based on quotations and citations between...