Nikolai G. Wenzel
Associate Research Fellow
Nikolai G. Wenzel is Professor of Economics at Universidad de las Hespérides, where he is the founding director of the MA and PhD in Economics. He is a Research Fellow of the American Institute for Economic Research and the Independent Institute. Dr. Wenzel is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society and the Philadelphia Society.
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Assessing Bidenomics: The Fatal Conceit of National Commercial Policy
“Roughly 50 cents out of every dollar of economic activity in the US is controlled by a government, rather than an entrepreneur, consumer, or investor. That is bad news for efficiency and growth. It’s also bad news for liberty.” ~Nikolai G. Wenzel
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High Costs, Greenlash Hit Europe
“Like any other good, environmental protection has an opportunity cost. Surveys indicate that the majority of Europeans support green laws; however, a majority is also increasingly worried about the cost.” ~Nikolai Wenzel
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Teaching the Butterfly of Liberty
“Casa Escuela is but one of many global examples of grassroots, local, civil society efforts to bypass the state educational establishment, with its bloated bureaucracy, mediocrity, and hardcore socialist thought.” ~Nikolai Wenzel
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Bidenomics and the Slippery Erosion of Economic Freedom
“The Biden Administration claims to promote economic growth and increase competitiveness while choking the economy with rules and regulations.” ~Nikolai Wenzel
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Please Stop Helping Me! A Homeless Economist Faces Unintended Consequences
“Any decent student in a micro-principles class can tell you that interventions have unintended consequences. Here are some of the ‘protections’ from which I am suffering.” ~Nikolai Wenzel
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Jimmy Buffett and the Bourgeois Virtues
“I often find myself lost in the cosmos, as a professor who actually wants to teach, while the thundering herds of unprepared students and compliant administrators have given up on education.” ~Nikolai G. Wenzel
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Argentina’s Canary in the Coalmine
“How can one compare the US to Argentina, which has suffered a century of political instability, and has been a darling of IMF case studies for the past 40 years?” ~Nikolai G. Wenzel and Valentina Yayi Morales
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Standing in Awe of George Washington, American Cincinnatus
“His political restraint ensured the flourishing of a well-designed constitution. This is a victory citizens of many countries have yet to claim from their governments.” ~ Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero & Nikolai G. Wenzel
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Regulatory Alphabet Soup and the Visible Foot of Government
“What is a wonder is that the financial and administrative costs are so invisible in daily life. The juggernaut of federal involvement in the economy is typically hidden behind a corporate veil.” ~ Nikolai Wenzel
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The Biden Budget: Smoke, Mirrors, and Class Warfare
“Beyond tired class warfare rhetoric and anti-competitive measures, the Biden administration is attempting to increase not only the size of the state (through more taxing and spending), but also the scope of the state, through misguided commercial and industrial policy.” ~ Nikolai G. Wenzel
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Assessing Bidenomics: The Fatal Conceit of National Commercial Policy
“Roughly 50 cents out of every dollar of economic activity in the US is controlled by a government, rather than an entrepreneur, consumer, or investor. That is bad news for efficiency and growth. It’s also bad news for liberty.” ~Nikolai G. Wenzel
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High Costs, Greenlash Hit Europe
“Like any other good, environmental protection has an opportunity cost. Surveys indicate that the majority of Europeans support green laws; however, a majority is also increasingly worried about the cost.” ~Nikolai Wenzel
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Teaching the Butterfly of Liberty
“Casa Escuela is but one of many global examples of grassroots, local, civil society efforts to bypass the state educational establishment, with its bloated bureaucracy, mediocrity, and hardcore socialist thought.” ~Nikolai Wenzel
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Bidenomics and the Slippery Erosion of Economic Freedom
“The Biden Administration claims to promote economic growth and increase competitiveness while choking the economy with rules and regulations.” ~Nikolai Wenzel
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•
Please Stop Helping Me! A Homeless Economist Faces Unintended Consequences
“Any decent student in a micro-principles class can tell you that interventions have unintended consequences. Here are some of the ‘protections’ from which I am suffering.” ~Nikolai Wenzel
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Jimmy Buffett and the Bourgeois Virtues
“I often find myself lost in the cosmos, as a professor who actually wants to teach, while the thundering herds of unprepared students and compliant administrators have given up on education.” ~Nikolai G. Wenzel
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Argentina’s Canary in the Coalmine
“How can one compare the US to Argentina, which has suffered a century of political instability, and has been a darling of IMF case studies for the past 40 years?” ~Nikolai G. Wenzel and Valentina Yayi Morales
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Standing in Awe of George Washington, American Cincinnatus
“His political restraint ensured the flourishing of a well-designed constitution. This is a victory citizens of many countries have yet to claim from their governments.” ~ Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero & Nikolai G. Wenzel
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Regulatory Alphabet Soup and the Visible Foot of Government
“What is a wonder is that the financial and administrative costs are so invisible in daily life. The juggernaut of federal involvement in the economy is typically hidden behind a corporate veil.” ~ Nikolai Wenzel
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•
The Biden Budget: Smoke, Mirrors, and Class Warfare
“Beyond tired class warfare rhetoric and anti-competitive measures, the Biden administration is attempting to increase not only the size of the state (through more taxing and spending), but also the scope of the state, through misguided commercial and industrial policy.” ~ Nikolai G. Wenzel