<This is a speech I delivered at Il Casino, Restorante in Wellington at a surprise birthday for Dad’s 60th birthday on January 15, 2005 attended by more than 50 friends and family members. ‘Telegrams’ by people who were unable to attend follow, as does a list of the attendees.> I’d like to thank you all […]
The Return of the Entrepreneur-Statesman
From Washington’s merchant roots to Elon Musk’s free-speech crusade, America’s business leaders have long shaped liberty—but too often ceded ground to big government. A new crop of outspoken CEOs is reviving that founders’ tradition, echoing New Zealand’s 1980s reforms and proving entrepreneurs can still unlock prosperity by challenging state overreach.
When CEOs don’t stand up for free markets
<This op-ed first appeared in the Washington Examiner on April 25, 2021> It’s one thing for business leaders to sit out policy debates, but it’s quite another for them to argue for policies that will harm long-term shareholder interests. Yet that’s what we’re witnessing today with the likes of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos supporting raising the […]