Books & History
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Nixon to Now: How the Kitchen Debate Came Home
The recent wave of protectionism is not about efficiency or economic growth. It’s about national control — about engineering particular outcomes.
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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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Was Reagan a Protectionist?
To head off the slippery slope of protectionist interventions, Reagan convinced Japan to voluntarily limit auto imports.
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Busting the NAFTA Myth: US Exports Soared After the Trade Agreement
Free trade has allowed us to purchase low-cost products from overseas, focusing employment in high-paying sectors where we enjoy a comparative advantage.
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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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‘A Man, A Plan, A Monopoly?’ More History of the Panama Canal
From the engineering challenges to pricing logistics, managing the canal requires significant time, expertise, and risk. But what’s the alternative?
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Mario Vargas Llosa: The Man Who Broke From the Tribe
In his moral defense of individual liberty, the late scholar raged against propagandizing tyrants and ornamental intellectuals.
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‘One From the Many’: Meissner’s Economic History Shines—Until It Doesn’t
Though an enjoyable and enriching book, the epilogue of ‘One From the Many’ is a reminder not to situate your long historical work in the fleeting political moment.
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How the Post-WWII Boom Proved Keynesians Wrong
Expect fans of federal spending to lament every dollar that isn’t laundered through government. But leaving them in the economy works even better.
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Nixon to Now: How the Kitchen Debate Came Home
The recent wave of protectionism is not about efficiency or economic growth. It’s about national control — about engineering particular outcomes.
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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.
-
•
Was Reagan a Protectionist?
To head off the slippery slope of protectionist interventions, Reagan convinced Japan to voluntarily limit auto imports.
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•
Busting the NAFTA Myth: US Exports Soared After the Trade Agreement
Free trade has allowed us to purchase low-cost products from overseas, focusing employment in high-paying sectors where we enjoy a comparative advantage.
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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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•
‘A Man, A Plan, A Monopoly?’ More History of the Panama Canal
From the engineering challenges to pricing logistics, managing the canal requires significant time, expertise, and risk. But what’s the alternative?
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•
Mario Vargas Llosa: The Man Who Broke From the Tribe
In his moral defense of individual liberty, the late scholar raged against propagandizing tyrants and ornamental intellectuals.
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•
‘One From the Many’: Meissner’s Economic History Shines—Until It Doesn’t
Though an enjoyable and enriching book, the epilogue of ‘One From the Many’ is a reminder not to situate your long historical work in the fleeting political moment.
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•
How the Post-WWII Boom Proved Keynesians Wrong
Expect fans of federal spending to lament every dollar that isn’t laundered through government. But leaving them in the economy works even better.