Vincent Geloso
Senior Fellow
Vincent Geloso, senior fellow at AIER, is an assistant professor of economics at George Mason University. He obtained a PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics.
Follow him on Twitter @VincentGeloso
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Private Expeditions in the 19th Century Were Far More Successful
Most of the tragedies – such as the Franklin expedition – were publicly funded.
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Forests Make a Comeback
The tree cover of the planet is increasing, thanks mostly to increased efficiencies in food production.
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Slavery Did Not Make America Richer
A close and careful look at the empirical record reveals that one cannot infer that America was made richer from slavery. It is even clear that America was made poorer by slavery.
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How Government Prolonged the Lobotomy
The use of the lobotomy in US medical history is a shocking and concerning event which continues to leave physicians and historians asking how such a thing could happen. Now we know.
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Economists Should First Do No Harm
We ought to attack the true root cause of inequality — that is, rent-seeking. This is far more productive than redistributing the rents that the rent-seekers captured.
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Lighthouses Were Always Private, Until Government Took Them Over
There was nothing inherent to the lighthouse that made it a public good. It was a public good because government regulation made it so.
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Castro’s Revolution on Its 60th Anniversary
The road not taken by Cuba, that of not having the revolution, is one on which the country would have been healthier and richer than it is now. This denial of human flourishing makes Cuba just like any other Communist regime, and thus the regime deserves only scorn.
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What Can the Canadian Robber Barons Teach American Historians?
Canadian “robber barons” were exactly like the American robber barons: largely a myth.
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Private Expeditions in the 19th Century Were Far More Successful
Most of the tragedies – such as the Franklin expedition – were publicly funded.
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•
Forests Make a Comeback
The tree cover of the planet is increasing, thanks mostly to increased efficiencies in food production.
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•
Slavery Did Not Make America Richer
A close and careful look at the empirical record reveals that one cannot infer that America was made richer from slavery. It is even clear that America was made poorer by slavery.
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•
How Government Prolonged the Lobotomy
The use of the lobotomy in US medical history is a shocking and concerning event which continues to leave physicians and historians asking how such a thing could happen. Now we know.
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•
Economists Should First Do No Harm
We ought to attack the true root cause of inequality — that is, rent-seeking. This is far more productive than redistributing the rents that the rent-seekers captured.
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•
Lighthouses Were Always Private, Until Government Took Them Over
There was nothing inherent to the lighthouse that made it a public good. It was a public good because government regulation made it so.
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•
Castro’s Revolution on Its 60th Anniversary
The road not taken by Cuba, that of not having the revolution, is one on which the country would have been healthier and richer than it is now. This denial of human flourishing makes Cuba just like any other Communist regime, and thus the regime deserves only scorn.
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What Can the Canadian Robber Barons Teach American Historians?
Canadian “robber barons” were exactly like the American robber barons: largely a myth.