In 1977, the punk rock band the Sex Pistols shocked England with their nihilist anthem “God Save the Queen,” where they declared there was “No future in England’s dreaming.” They were right. England was ruled by a somnambulant socialist government…

One of the oldest maxims in commerce is caveat emptor: let the buyer beware. Sadly, this is often interpreted as a condemnation of businessmen, a suggestion that they are out to cheat their customers. But the real wisdom of the…