The only factor that poses a genuine challenge to the current order is the willingness of human beings to reject the injustice and irrationality of t… - Jim Stanford

With joint-stock corporations, investors can place bets on the success of many different companies, without having to play a central management role in any one of them. This allows investors to diversify their financial holdings. It also allows them to capture profits on their investments, without having to get involved in the dirty, troublesome business of actually running a company.

Forget about the market updates. Here's a better way to find out about the economy-your economy. Take a walk. And ask some questions.

Indeed, if communist central planners could have organized the economy with as much detail, precision, and flexibility as a modern-day Toyota or Wal-Mart, communism would probably still exist!