Walter Williams, R.I.P.

We lost a tireless champion of American values last week. But his legacy will live on.‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

SPONSORED Could 5G Fuel a Stock Market Comeback? Sure, the coronavirus outbreak is HAMMERING the stock market right now. But 5G is still on track to contribute $500 billion to the U.S. economy. And one small cap stock manufactures a cornerstone piece of 5G technology. With shares trading at bargain prices, this is the PERFECT time to get in. Get the scoop here... THE SHORTEST WAY TO A RICH LIFE A Tireless Defender of Free Minds and Free Markets Is Gone Alexander Green | Chief Investment Strategist | The Oxford Club Last week one of my longtime heroes died: Walter Williams. Williams, 84, was an economics professor at George Mason University, a nationally syndicated columnist, a rigorous researcher of government policies affecting African Americans, and the author of 13 highly acclaimed books. Williams was one of the nation's greatest economists and public intellectuals. Here is just a brief sampling from his many books, columns and speeches: "Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man." "Here's Williams' roadmap out of poverty: Complete high school; get a job, any kind of a job; get married before having children; and be a law-abiding citizen. Among both black and white Americans so described, the poverty rate is in the single digits." "What we call the market is really a democratic process involving millions, and in some markets billions, of people making personal decisions that express their preferences. When you hear someone say that he doesn't trust the market, and wants to replace it with government edicts, he's really calling for a switch from a democratic process to a totalitarian one." "Profit is vital to human well-being. Profit is the payment to entrepreneurs just as wages are payments to labor, interest to capital, and rent to land." "Poverty in Egypt, or anywhere else, is not very difficult to explain. There are three basic causes: People are poor because they cannot produce anything highly valued by others. They can produce things highly valued by others but are hampered or prevented from doing so. Or, they volunteer to be poor." "The best good thing that politicians can do for the economy is to stop doing bad. In part, this can be achieved through reducing taxes and economic regulation, and staying out of our lives." "The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with motives than with results." "More important than anything else is for Americans to wise up to class warfare demagoguery and reject the politics of envy." Williams was a great believer in the sovereignty of the individual and the power of capitalism to finance productivity and innovation, raise living standards, and lift men and women out of poverty. A onetime cab driver who grew up poor in the housing projects of Philadelphia, he earned a doctorate in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. SPONSORED What Is an "Income for Life" Stock? Click here now for the answer! Over the decades, his data-rich books delivered regular broadsides against fine-sounding government programs - like occupational licensing, rent control and higher minimum wages - that drive up the cost of goods and services for consumers and disproportionately hurt minorities. Williams reserved particular scorn for educational elites and our presumed intellectual betters who stand forever ready to replace what works with "something that sounds good." Williams held views that many in the mainstream media couldn't tolerate, even - or especially - when voiced by a prominent Black man. I found it odd, for example, that obituaries in both The New York Times and Washington Post used a 1981 charge against Williams by Benjamin Hooks, then-President of the NAACP, that "Black conservatives are basically a carbon copy of white conservatives." Yes, Black conservatives agree with white conservatives on policy issues, just as Black progressives agree with white progressives on policy issues. But who would denigrate them by saying, "Black progressives are basically a carbon copy of white progressives"? The real sin for elites was that Williams thought for himself, rather than fitting into their preconceived categories. (Williams' views were actually Libertarian - he called himself a "Madisonian liberal" - not Republican.) Sadly, after more than 60 years as a columnist, author, speaker and educator, Williams never had a chance to enjoy a retirement. After teaching for 40 years, he died suddenly in his car after his last class Tuesday night. (Williams suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.) There is consolation, however, in the realization that the ideas he championed will live on. In a Wall Street Journal editorial last week, fellow George Mason University professor Donald J. Boudreaux called Williams "a scholar's scholar" ... "one of America's most courageous defenders of free markets, constitutionally limited government and individual responsibility" ... and "a tireless champion of American values." Amen to that. Walter Williams, R.I.P. Alex Leave a Comment Click here to watch Alex's latest video update. For Alex's latest video updates, subscribe on YouTube. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Facebook Twitter Email Share MORE FROM LIBERTY THROUGH WEALTH I Listen to This Man... and You Should Too Should You Invest in the "Most Desired Companies" in America? The Middle-Class Trap SPONSORED Looming Crisis Could Hit Americans on December 16, 2020 This chart shows that Washington will be virtually helpless when the next crisis hits. That's why it could do something drastic on December 16, 2020... something that could bring this market to a sudden stop. Details Here! You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Liberty Through Wealth. Liberty Through Wealth is published by The Oxford Club. Questions? Check out our FAQs. Trying to reach us? Contact us here. Please do not reply to this email as it goes to an unmonitored inbox. Privacy Policy | Whitelist Liberty Through Wealth | Unsubscribe © 2020 The Oxford Club, LLC All Rights Reserved The Oxford Club | 105 West Monument Street | Baltimore, MD 21201 North America: 1.800.589.3430 | International: +1.443.353.4334 | Fax: 1.410.329.1923 Oxfordclub.com The Oxford Club is a financial publisher that does not offer any personal financial advice or advocate the purchase or sale of any security or investment for any specific individual. Members should be aware that although our track record is highly rated by an independent analysis and has been legally reviewed, investment markets have inherent risks and there can be no guarantee of future profits. The stated returns may also include option trades. We expressly forbid our writers from having a financial interest in their own securities recommendations to readers. All of our employees and agents must wait 24 hours after online publication or 72 hours after the mailing of printed-only publications prior to following an initial recommendation. Any investments recommended by The Oxford Club should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. Protected by copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. The information found on this website may only be used pursuant to the membership or subscription agreement and any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including on the world wide web), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of The Oxford Club, 105 W. Monument Street, Baltimore MD 21201.