Joomla! site syndication http://freedomworksoncampus.org Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:48:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://freedomworksoncampus.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://freedomworksoncampus.org Joomla! site syndication http://freedomworksoncampus.org/index.php/2008042419/News/Latest/Interested-in-Joining-FreedomWorks-on-Campus.html Are you interested in politics? Do you believe that a smaller government is a better government? Do you believe lower taxation will provide a more prosperous economy? Do you want to make a difference? If you answered yes to any of these questions, FreedomWorks on Campus wants to hear from you! News - Latest Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:28:59 +0100 http://freedomworksoncampus.org/index.php/2008042921/News/From-the-Field/Brown-Daily-Herald-Give-economics-a-chance.html This article was written by Brown University student Chloe Lutts and appeared in the Brown Daily Herald on April 25, 2008.Someone threw a pie at Thomas Friedman. Among the reasons she cited is his sickeningly cheery applaud for free-market capitalism's conquest of the planet. Whether you think free market capitalism is the path to prosperity or the road to ruin, characterizing it as a force capable of conquest demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of capitalism itself. Here's the thing about capitalism: It only works when people agree to participate, and they do that because it's the most attractive offering at the economic system buffet. It's like democracy in that way. Capitalism can no more conquer the world without the world's consent than democracy can (as opposed to authoritarianism and totalitarianism, which can - and do). If people don't participate in government, democracy can't spread. If people don't willingly enter into economic exchanges, capitalism gets nowhere.Click here to read the complete article. (http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2008/04/25/Columns/Chloe.Lutts.08.Give.Economics.A.Chance-3350130.shtml) News - From the Field Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:47:03 +0100 http://freedomworksoncampus.org/index.php/2008041812/News/Latest/Welcome-to-FreedomWorks-on-Campus.html Welcome to FreedomWorks on Campus, the one-stop shop for limited government advocates on college campuses! Join our community of conservative and libertarian students fighting for lower taxes, less government and more freedom around the country. From Berkeley to Austin, from Madison to Ann Arbor, FreedomWorks on Campus brings together all young people who believe in Armey's Axiom that freedom works. FreedomWorks on Campus wants to hear from you. Please click the Contact Us tab at the top of this page to get in touch with us. Finally, please note that our site is continually being upgraded, so please check back often for updates! News - Latest Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:53:34 +0100