economics
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Why Even Progressive Economists Are Finally Warming to Free Markets
After a bizarre era of anti-theory, new data are nudging economists back toward free markets, beginning with an apology from econ blogger Noah Smith.
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Protectionism and the Fallacy of Composition
Protectionism can’t enrich the country as a whole, only boost certain individuals and industries while impoverishing the rest.
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The Return of Beer: A New Deal Policy Worth Toasting
When FDR defied prohibition to declare beer “non-intoxicating,” the economic and cultural impacts were immediate, and overwhelmingly positive.
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Why Even Progressive Economists Are Finally Warming to Free Markets
After a bizarre era of anti-theory, new data are nudging economists back toward free markets, beginning with an apology from econ blogger Noah Smith.
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•
Protectionism and the Fallacy of Composition
Protectionism can’t enrich the country as a whole, only boost certain individuals and industries while impoverishing the rest.
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•
The Return of Beer: A New Deal Policy Worth Toasting
When FDR defied prohibition to declare beer “non-intoxicating,” the economic and cultural impacts were immediate, and overwhelmingly positive.