Books
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Rediscovering Frédéric Bastiat in an Age of Tariffs
Bastiat’s writing combines campy, folksy stories with blinding economic logic. Even 200 years later, he has much to teach us.
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Nazis Teach Us How to Defeat Them
Freedom from coercion, not illusive freedom from scarcity or fear, will protect us from the dangerous escalation of antisemitism.
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1984’s New Introduction Is a Missed Opportunity
Orwell’s masterpiece could help us grapple with our recent lurch towards authoritarianism. But only if we want it to.
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Intersections Between the Bible and Economics
While it is Christian to be charitable, Jesus never mixed charity with compulsion, nor did he teach his followers to resort to force.
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DEI is a Con: Five Hallmarks of a Hustle
Corporations and universities are distancing themselves from social virtue-signaling. But behind new branding, the grift is alive and well.
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When Pol Pot Read a Book on Marx
Pol Pot was a well-meaning monster, an idealistic revolutionary who studied in Paris and believed he could purify Cambodia. He wanted to build a better world for the poor — even if millions had to die.
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Central Banks Forgot What Drives Inflation —Tim Congdon Didn’t
Tim Congdon’s ‘The Quantity Theory of Money: A New Restatement’ is a crucial contribution to economic thought.
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Can the Constitution Survive the Age of Rousseau?
The future of America will not ultimately be decided by our formal constitution, but by small choices in human hearts and daily lives.
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Free Speech Is Essential to Our Human Dignity
Censorship is often less about making the world a safer place for minorities, and more about indulging our own capacity for cruelty.
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Science and Liberty: Social Physics from Comte to Samuelson
Gaining success in unlocking the secrets of science, many have sought to engineer human ethics to produce a preferred outcome. The actual outcome of such human manipulation is, inevitably, disaster.
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Rediscovering Frédéric Bastiat in an Age of Tariffs
Bastiat’s writing combines campy, folksy stories with blinding economic logic. Even 200 years later, he has much to teach us.
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•
Nazis Teach Us How to Defeat Them
Freedom from coercion, not illusive freedom from scarcity or fear, will protect us from the dangerous escalation of antisemitism.
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•
1984’s New Introduction Is a Missed Opportunity
Orwell’s masterpiece could help us grapple with our recent lurch towards authoritarianism. But only if we want it to.
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•
Intersections Between the Bible and Economics
While it is Christian to be charitable, Jesus never mixed charity with compulsion, nor did he teach his followers to resort to force.
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•
DEI is a Con: Five Hallmarks of a Hustle
Corporations and universities are distancing themselves from social virtue-signaling. But behind new branding, the grift is alive and well.
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•
When Pol Pot Read a Book on Marx
Pol Pot was a well-meaning monster, an idealistic revolutionary who studied in Paris and believed he could purify Cambodia. He wanted to build a better world for the poor — even if millions had to die.
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•
Central Banks Forgot What Drives Inflation —Tim Congdon Didn’t
Tim Congdon’s ‘The Quantity Theory of Money: A New Restatement’ is a crucial contribution to economic thought.
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•
Can the Constitution Survive the Age of Rousseau?
The future of America will not ultimately be decided by our formal constitution, but by small choices in human hearts and daily lives.
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•
Free Speech Is Essential to Our Human Dignity
Censorship is often less about making the world a safer place for minorities, and more about indulging our own capacity for cruelty.
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•
Science and Liberty: Social Physics from Comte to Samuelson
Gaining success in unlocking the secrets of science, many have sought to engineer human ethics to produce a preferred outcome. The actual outcome of such human manipulation is, inevitably, disaster.