History
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Internal Combustion Engines: The Great Economic Equalizer
Internal combustion engines empowered millions to participate in the modern economy. Restrictions on their use hit the poor hardest.
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Mega-Events, Minimal Returns: The High Cost of Hosting Global Spectacles
Olympics and World Cups are sold as drivers of jobs and tourism, but data show they often produce financial losses and crowd out better investments.
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The Villainization of Business: Corporate Tyrants and Government Sycophants
Across political eras, corporations have been recast as either predatory villains or tools of the state — distorting their proper role in a free economy.
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Silent Cal’s Loud Lesson on Tax Cuts
A century ago, the federal government ran surpluses under lower tax rates. But that’s impossible with our out-of-control spending.
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Reflections on Saturday Morning TV—and The Regulations That Ended It
Though Saturday morning television is gone, the regulatory complex it spawned remains.
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The Year of Adam Smith: Why the Savvy Scotsman Remains So Important
Smith’s work shaped modern political economy, and his insights into human cooperation remain as relevant today as they were in 1776.
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A Praxeology of Productivity: Messy Humans, Not Machines, Run the Economy
Productivity depends not just on systems and incentives, but on human action, aspirations, and judgment.
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‘Violent Saviors’: William Easterly’s Book on Imperialism and Conquest
William Easterly traces three centuries of Western expansion, examining the moral and political justifications used to dominate other peoples.
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Mission Accomplished? A Reality Check on Trump’s Tariffs
Triumphal rhetoric aside, the economic evidence shows tariffs delivered distortion—not a miracle.
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How Rome’s Middle Class Lived — and What Happened When It Fell
Archaeology is now revealing the grit and hustle of the Roman middle class, reminding us that civilizations depend not on elites, but on the conditions that allow ordinary people to thrive.
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Internal Combustion Engines: The Great Economic Equalizer
Internal combustion engines empowered millions to participate in the modern economy. Restrictions on their use hit the poor hardest.
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Mega-Events, Minimal Returns: The High Cost of Hosting Global Spectacles
Olympics and World Cups are sold as drivers of jobs and tourism, but data show they often produce financial losses and crowd out better investments.
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The Villainization of Business: Corporate Tyrants and Government Sycophants
Across political eras, corporations have been recast as either predatory villains or tools of the state — distorting their proper role in a free economy.
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Silent Cal’s Loud Lesson on Tax Cuts
A century ago, the federal government ran surpluses under lower tax rates. But that’s impossible with our out-of-control spending.
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Reflections on Saturday Morning TV—and The Regulations That Ended It
Though Saturday morning television is gone, the regulatory complex it spawned remains.
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The Year of Adam Smith: Why the Savvy Scotsman Remains So Important
Smith’s work shaped modern political economy, and his insights into human cooperation remain as relevant today as they were in 1776.
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A Praxeology of Productivity: Messy Humans, Not Machines, Run the Economy
Productivity depends not just on systems and incentives, but on human action, aspirations, and judgment.
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‘Violent Saviors’: William Easterly’s Book on Imperialism and Conquest
William Easterly traces three centuries of Western expansion, examining the moral and political justifications used to dominate other peoples.
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Mission Accomplished? A Reality Check on Trump’s Tariffs
Triumphal rhetoric aside, the economic evidence shows tariffs delivered distortion—not a miracle.
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How Rome’s Middle Class Lived — and What Happened When It Fell
Archaeology is now revealing the grit and hustle of the Roman middle class, reminding us that civilizations depend not on elites, but on the conditions that allow ordinary people to thrive.