Sunday, 1/5/14 - South Carolina!

South Carolina residents, Economic Freedom in Action: Changing Lives will be playing at 5 pm ET on Sunday, 1/5/14.

Rock Hill    WNSC    Ch. 30

Greenville     WNTV    Ch. 29

Greenwood    WNEH     Ch. 38

Spartansburg     WRET    Ch. 49

Columbia    WRLK    Ch. 35

Sumter    WRJA    Ch. 27

Beaufort    WJWJ    Ch. 16

Charleston    WITV    Ch. 7

Florence    WJPM    Ch. 33

Conway    WHMC    Ch. 23

Allendale/Aug.    WEBA    Ch. 14

 

Two Broadcasts from Free To Choose Network!

Kick-off your New Year with not one, but TWO broadcasts from Free To Choose Network!

Airdates for Economic Freedom in Action: Changing Lives are at their peak all across the country. This one-hour documentary takes a look at four nations (Slovakia, Zambia, South Korea, and Chile), and the transformation each one is undergoing, thanks to enhanced economic freedoms. (CLICK HERE FOR AIRDATES AND TIMES IN YOUR AREA.)









Our newest release, Unlikely Heroes of the Arab Spring examines recent events in the Middle East through the prism of economics and property rights, a perspective not often considered in traditional media outlets. Beginning with a dramatic act by a young street vendor in Tunisia (Tariq Mohammad Bouazizi), we watch as governments are toppled and a spontaneous order of informal markets holds the region together in a tenuous stability. Advance broadcasts are being scheduled now, with a full broadcast schedule to begin in Spring. The program is hosted by Peruvian economist and champion of property rights among the disenfranchised poor, Hernando de Soto. (CLICK HERE FOR AIRDATES AND TIMES IN YOUR AREA)



Spread the word to your friends and colleagues, and visit our website for more information on these programs and Free To Choose Network. If you don't see your local public television station on the lists above, contact the station now and ask to see Economic Freedom in Action: Changing Lives and Unlikely Heroes of the Arab Spring in your town. We'll update our airdate tables as new information becomes available.  

Bukowski on Democracy

Poet Charles Bukowski reads a humorous poem, "Law," on the dangerous nature of democracy.

 

Upcoming Broadcasts of Economic Freedom in Action

For a complete list of all currently scheduled broadcasts, visit the film's website and view the carriage reports.

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Choose or Decide?

What is the difference between "to choose" and "to decide?"  Does the difference have implications on the nature of freedom?  For this and more, read this neat analysis on the fundamental component of liberty: Choice.

FEE: Drones: Not Just for Missiles Anymore

The internet is abuzz after Amazon unveiled their latest idea: the delivery of goods to your doorstep within thirty minutes via drone. Yes, the infamous drone will finally be put to constructive use. Here's the video, if you haven't already seen it:

The technology is incredible, and their goal is to have these piloted by computers, not humans. Imagine: You punch in your GPS coordinates, wherever you are, and an Amazon "octo-copter" flies quickly to your location and delivers your package.

Drone technology provides us with a clear, sobering contrast: The private sector innovates new ways to create value for people. The government innovates new ways to destroy value and kill people.

Some commercially viable technologies start out in government R&D labs. But this is merely due to their ability gobble up human and other resources that could be used in other ways. There's nothing special about the individuals "innovating" on behalf of the government' if they weren't employed by the inefficient and destructive government, they could work for private, peaceful companies, at no cost to taxpayers.

I would like to point something else out, however. What a contrast between the individuals working for the private sector and those working in government. Here we have extraordinary technology, and the folks at Amazon ask, "How can we use this to serve people better?" and "Can it make everybody's lives easier?"

The first thing many governmental officials ask is, "Can we strap missiles to it?" and "How effective could this be at killing people?"

Someday, with Amazon's help, it might be exciting to see drones flying overhead, rather than being a reason to run for shelter.

Read more: http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/drones-not-just-for-missiles-anymore#ixzz2mQeU4EVU