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Reference

Business - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Business refers to at least three closely related commercial topics. The first is a commercial, professional or industrial organization or enterprise, generally referred to as 'a business.' The second is commercial, professional, and industrial activity generally, as in 'business continues to evolve as markets change.' Finally, business can be used to refer to a particular area of economic activity, such as the 'record business' or the 'computer business' (see Industry). ..."

Articles

The Federal Ripoff, by George C. Leef, Freedom Daily, Nov 2006
Related Topics: Eminent Domain Protections, Government, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Review of The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money by Timothy P. Carney
"Today, nearly every business, either on its own or through a trade association, employs lobbyists who try to steer government policy in a 'favorable' direction. Sometimes, the political game is played defensively ... Often, however, businesses seek to use governmental power to raise prices, stifle competition, and obtain inputs it needs at artificially low prices."
Government in Business, by Murray N. Rothbard, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Sep 1956
Related Topics: Government
"Have you ever heard of a private firm proposing to 'solve' a shortage of the product it sells by telling people to buy less? Certainly not. Private firms welcome customers, and expand when their product is in heavy demand thus servicing and benefiting their customers as well as themselves."
The Snare of Government Subsidies, by Gary North, Mises.org Daily Article, 31 Aug 2006
Related Topics: Government
"It would help if businessmen understood the chain of events which follows from the acceptance of a government subsidy. Yet even if this chain of events is not understood, men ... should understand that the coercive power of the state should not be used to benefit one group at the expense of another. Such power is inevitably misused ..."
Winning the Battle for Freedom and Prosperity, by John Mackey, Liberty, Jun 2006
Related Topics: Educational Freedom, Free Markets, Health, Health Care, Life Extension, Personal Responsibility, Socialism
Updated from speech given at FreedomFest 2004
"I believe that business has a much greater purpose. Business, working through free markets, is possibly the greatest force for good on the planet today. When executed well, business increases prosperity, ends poverty, improves the quality of life, and promotes the health and longevity of the world population at an unprecedented rate."

Books

A Primer on Business Ethics
    by Tibor R. Machan, 2003
Related Topic: Ethics