Free economy requires high standards of integrity and independence

With great pleasure, I offer this is as my first blog entry for NBP. Poland is a country I deeply love and I am honored to share ideas with a Polish audience!

Though I am an economist by training, I believe a free economy requires that people practice high standards of integrity and independence. As 2009 nears an end, I ask my friends and readers to consider committing themselves to this statement:

  • I resolve to keep my hands in my own pockets, to leave others alone unless they threaten me harm, to take responsibility for my own actions and decisions, and to impose no burdens on others that stem from my own poor judgments.
  • I resolve to strengthen my own character so I can be the model of integrity that friends, family, and acquaintances will want to respect and emulate.
  • If I have a “good idea,” I resolve to elicit support for it through peaceful persuasion not force. I will not ask politicians to foist it on others just because I might think it’s good for them. I will work to free my fellow citizens by trusting them with more control over their own lives.
  • I resolve to offer help to others who genuinely need it by involving myself directly or by supporting those who are providing assistance through charitable institutions. I will not complain about a problem and then insist that government fix it at twice the cost and at half the effectiveness.
  • I resolve to learn more about the principles of liberty and a free economy so that I can convincingly defend them against the encroachments of power. I resolve to make certain that how I behave and how I vote will be consistent with what I say. And I resolve to do whatever I can to replace the love of power with the power of love.

Dziękuję!


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