Tap a claim on the ring to put it at the centre.
← A market economy is possible without brutality or ideological purity
17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 3 Dec 2017 to 21 Oct 2026.
Everything filed under capitalism
capitalism
Everything filed under education
education
Everything filed under America
America
Everything filed under libertarianism
libertarianism
Everything filed under simplicity
simplicity
Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject
Read this korrent: A market economy is possible without brutality or ideological purity
A market economy is possible without brutality or ideological purity
NK
Naomi Klein — holds since c. 2007 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Not every market system is inherently violent — tap to centre the map on it
Not every market system is inherently violent
NK
Naomi Klein — holds since c. 2007 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest can never be a principle of national economy — tap to centre the map on it
Buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest can never be a principle of national economy
JR
John Ruskin — holds since c. 1860–1862 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it
A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
RK
Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The current economy has not created an economy which retains a more human character. — tap to centre the map on it
The current economy has not created an economy which retains a more human character.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Oct 2026
JK
Joel Kotkin — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Plantation slavery was profitable and fully compatible with capitalism, not opposed to it. — tap to centre the map on it
Plantation slavery was profitable and fully compatible with capitalism, not opposed to it.
Last stated 4 years ago
26 Aug 2022
DK
Davis Kedrosky — holds since 2022-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Only a socialist economy with an education oriented to social goals can eliminate capitalism's grave evils — tap to centre the map on it
Only a socialist economy with an education oriented to social goals can eliminate capitalism's grave evils
AE
Albert Einstein — holds since c. 1949 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it
A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling
MF
Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The keynote of Buddhist economics is simplicity and non-violence — tap to centre the map on it
The keynote of Buddhist economics is simplicity and non-violence
ES
E. F. Schumacher — holds since c. 1973 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it
A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets.
Last stated 5 months ago
27 May 2026
SY
Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it
A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
EK
Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A clear explanation alone does not usually make people understand a scientific idea. — tap to centre the map on it
A clear explanation alone does not usually make people understand a scientific idea.
Last stated 9 years ago
3 Dec 2017
AS
Alom Shaha — holds since 2017-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status.
Last stated a month ago
1 Oct 2026
AE
Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it
A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them.
Last stated a month ago
23 Sept 2026
JM
Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it
A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely.
Last stated 2 months ago
22 Aug 2026
JP
Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it
A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country
MF
Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it
A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century
FH
Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An alliance with abundance liberals is likely a more promising political strategy for libertarians than a revival of fusionism in the short to medium term. — tap to centre the map on it
An alliance with abundance liberals is likely a more promising political strategy for libertarians than a revival of fusionism in the short to medium term.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Oct 2026
IS
Ilya Somin — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are