Free Markets: Page 2

Buying / Investing in Business

4 Ways Stock-Market Volatility Affects Every Business

Entrepreneurs and small-business owners need to pay attention to market swings, whether they like it or not.

Data & Recovery

China Seeks to Control the Web and Your Business Is Caught in the Middle

American businesses cannot stay neutral in what is clearly now an all-out war over the future of the worldwide Internet.

Thought Leaders

Kim Kardashian Is a Lot of Things, But Not an Entrepreneur

It takes more to hold the title of entrepreneur than simple business success, no matter how big it is.

Thought Leaders

Want True Equality for All? Support Entrepreneurship.

You are about to read the most offensive and insensitive piece we've ever written. And that's sad.

Leadership

Two California Farmers Just Stopped the Government From Stealing Your Products

The Supreme Court's ruling over raisins means regulators need to think twice about taking private property.

Marketing

Breeding Puppies to Blow Up Kittens

The more we try not to offend in marketing, the more people we encounter who find offense to everything.

Social Media

No, Facebook Didn't 'Create' 4.5M Jobs. But Its Impact Can't Be Understated.

Facebook's hiring numbers are squishy, but the company continues to serve as a great example of how entrepreneurship can help the world.

Business News

Ban on Cuban Cigars Goes Up in a Puff of Smoke

A new policy by President Obama means that importing up to $100 worth of Cuban tobacco products will be legal.

Franchise

No, McDonald's Won't 'Ruin' Cuba

The lamentations of how McDonald's will somehow hurt Cuba are misplaced. You should be cheering on the Golden Arches.

Living

College Is Worth the Price. Just Not This Price.

A college president says economic models don't apply to college tuition. That theory wouldn't pass Econ 101.

Celebrity Entrepreneurs

The World Needs More of Richard Branson's 'Hubris'

The criticism of Sir Richard Branson's role in the SpaceShipTwo crash is a knock on entrepreneurship itself.

Leadership

Tim Cook Is Wrong: You Really Can't Fire Someone For Being Gay

Tim Cook, in acknowledging his homosexuality, perpetuated a politically charged myth about gays in the workplace.

Leadership

Accidents Happen and Space Is Hard

Ignore the criticism over the private sector's role in the Antares rocket failure.

Leadership

How Business Is Regulating Good Behavior in the NFL

The NFL and players needed sponsors to get serious about abuse. Thank capitalism for that.

Leadership

Stop Playing So Nice With Your Competition

The criticism of Uber's disruption of Lyft is misplaced. We should all be so competitive.