History
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Economics Science Had Late-Scholastic Origins (Podcast)
Economics as a science began to take shape in the late Middle Ages as theologians began to come to terms with laws operating within the material world to enhance human well being.
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The Anti-Capitalist Ideology of Slavery
The anti-capitalist ideology of southern slaveholders presents a conundrum for historians who erroneously equate the plantation economy with the free market.
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The Life and Times of Bagehot, the Greatest Victorian
Bagehot would certainly not qualify as very libertarian — even though his contemporary raging in favor of free trade, unregulated banking, and minimum government might suggest so.
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The Three Errors of Conspiracy Theory, Even True Ones
As the friend/enemy dichotomy intensifies, conspiracy theory advances, and not without evidence: the more politicized society becomes, the more conspiracies really do exist.
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Have Two-Income Households Made Us Poorer?
Ordinary Americans are indeed today much richer than they were during any imagined past golden age.
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The Case for a Coercive Green New Deal?
The founder of The Nation magazine would have completely rejected the Green New Deal as a socialist and illiberal disaster.
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Crime, Punishment, and the State
Problems with punishment will persist, but they will be more tractable when government’s always-feeble efforts can be concentrated where they matter most: the protection of human lives, limbs, and property.
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Egregious Errors in The New Yorker’s Account of Financial History
For a child of a banker, John Lanchester manages to get a lot of banking backwards.
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There Is Only One Adam Smith
Smith demonstrated that if you really want to help other people, especially poor people, you need to support the growth of commercial society all over the globe.
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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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Economics Science Had Late-Scholastic Origins (Podcast)
Economics as a science began to take shape in the late Middle Ages as theologians began to come to terms with laws operating within the material world to enhance human well being.
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•
The Anti-Capitalist Ideology of Slavery
The anti-capitalist ideology of southern slaveholders presents a conundrum for historians who erroneously equate the plantation economy with the free market.
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•
The Life and Times of Bagehot, the Greatest Victorian
Bagehot would certainly not qualify as very libertarian — even though his contemporary raging in favor of free trade, unregulated banking, and minimum government might suggest so.
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•
The Three Errors of Conspiracy Theory, Even True Ones
As the friend/enemy dichotomy intensifies, conspiracy theory advances, and not without evidence: the more politicized society becomes, the more conspiracies really do exist.
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•
Have Two-Income Households Made Us Poorer?
Ordinary Americans are indeed today much richer than they were during any imagined past golden age.
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•
The Case for a Coercive Green New Deal?
The founder of The Nation magazine would have completely rejected the Green New Deal as a socialist and illiberal disaster.
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•
Crime, Punishment, and the State
Problems with punishment will persist, but they will be more tractable when government’s always-feeble efforts can be concentrated where they matter most: the protection of human lives, limbs, and property.
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•
Egregious Errors in The New Yorker’s Account of Financial History
For a child of a banker, John Lanchester manages to get a lot of banking backwards.
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•
There Is Only One Adam Smith
Smith demonstrated that if you really want to help other people, especially poor people, you need to support the growth of commercial society all over the globe.
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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.