The Rich and Us
Let's look at the power of the rich. With all the money that Gates, Bezos and other superrich people have, what can they force you or me to do?...
About: Walter E. Williams
Posts by Walter E. Williams
Dumb American Youth
Do you wonder why Sen. Bernie Sanders and his ideas are so popular among American college students? The answer is that they, like so many other young people who...
Freedom to Work
If a person wants to go into business as a taxicab owner, what requirements should be imposed to protect the public? The prospective taxicab owner should show that he...
A Constitutional Right to Literacy
Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles-based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based...
Discrimination and Segregation
Racists cannot trust free markets to racially discriminate. Free markets, with their dispersion of power, have little respect for race. ...
Cruelty to Black Students
This year's college news is about black student demands for segregated campus housing and other racially segregated campus spaces and programs. I totally disagree with these calls by black...
Academic Giants and Dwarfs
The courage shown by University of Chicago administrators is relatively rare. The academic tyranny seen on many college campuses reflects a dereliction of duty by those who are charged...
Corrupt Academics and the Media
Some are puzzled by the dishonesty, lack of character and sheer stupidity of many people in the media. But seeing as most of them are college graduates, they don't...
Economic Conspiracies
A general economic principle is that any law or regulation that restricts market entry tends to impose the greatest burden on those who can be described as poor, latecomers,...
College Campus Lunacy
As the fall semester begins, parents, students, taxpayers and donors should be made aware of official college practices that should disgust us all. ...
The Decline of Civility
The abandonment of traditional values has negatively affected the nation as a whole, but blacks have borne the greater burden. ...
Compensating Differences
Compensating differences abound. Even though chuck steak is less preferred, it outsells filet mignon. Less-preferred Toyotas compete effectively with Mercedes-Benzes. Costume jewelry competes with fine jewelry. In each, the...
What Can Discrimination Explain?
Intellectuals and political hustlers who blame the plight of so many blacks on poverty, racial discrimination and the "legacy of slavery" are complicit in the socio-economic and moral decay....
Challenges for Black People: Part II
The prospects for a better future are nearly hopeless for roughly 20 percent of black people — those who reside in big-city crime-infested and dysfunctional neighborhoods. ...
Challenges for Black People
The primary victims of lawlessness are black people. To address this problem and most others, black people should ignore the liberal agenda. If civil authorities will not do their...