Books & History
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The Razor’s Edge of Progress: How King Gillette Built an Abundance Revolution
With a pioneering slice of steel, the inventor demonstrated how know-how can redeem our scarcest resource: time.
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The Bitter Lessons of Sugar Control in World War I
Herbert Hoover’s wartime sugar program generated shortages that led to expanding rationing systems and increasingly centralized control over the allocation of sugar.
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Finding Sympathy for Karl Marx
The founder of Marxism once wrote movingly about faith and virtue before taking what his own father feared might be a “Faustian” turn toward revolution and resentment.
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Could Inflation Help Explain Falling Birth Rates?
Jeffery Degner’s recent book makes the case that monetary policy reshapes time preference, and with it, decisions about family formation.
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What Hayek Tells Us About the Limits of War Planning
F.A. Hayek’s insights challenge the idea of rational war: outcomes depend on dispersed, tacit knowledge no planner can fully access or control.
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Was the American Revolution Really a War Over Money?
A sweeping new book portrays the Revolution as a struggle over competing monetary systems, rather than political liberty alone.
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After Nudging: The Rise and Fall of a Behavioral Economics Fad
In “It’s On You,” Nick Chater and George Loewenstein turn from advocates of “nudging,” subtle policy efforts to shape behavior without coercion, to critics who see it as ineffective and misleading.
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Hayek’s Dilemma: How Much State Can Liberty Survive?
Even among “sincere friends of freedom,” disagreement over government’s role runs deep. Can a state be big enough to defend liberty without also violating it?
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From Shakespeare to Smith: Why Credit Exists in Every Western Society
Credit is not an artificial construct imposed by financiers or states. It arises because modern commercial life cannot function without it.
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Fallacies Forthcoming: Why Mazzucato’s Latest Is Already Outdated
Before it even hits shelves, Mariana Mazzucato’s newest book recycles ideas that economists have already dismantled.
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The Razor’s Edge of Progress: How King Gillette Built an Abundance Revolution
With a pioneering slice of steel, the inventor demonstrated how know-how can redeem our scarcest resource: time.
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•
The Bitter Lessons of Sugar Control in World War I
Herbert Hoover’s wartime sugar program generated shortages that led to expanding rationing systems and increasingly centralized control over the allocation of sugar.
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•
Finding Sympathy for Karl Marx
The founder of Marxism once wrote movingly about faith and virtue before taking what his own father feared might be a “Faustian” turn toward revolution and resentment.
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•
Could Inflation Help Explain Falling Birth Rates?
Jeffery Degner’s recent book makes the case that monetary policy reshapes time preference, and with it, decisions about family formation.
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•
What Hayek Tells Us About the Limits of War Planning
F.A. Hayek’s insights challenge the idea of rational war: outcomes depend on dispersed, tacit knowledge no planner can fully access or control.
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•
Was the American Revolution Really a War Over Money?
A sweeping new book portrays the Revolution as a struggle over competing monetary systems, rather than political liberty alone.
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•
After Nudging: The Rise and Fall of a Behavioral Economics Fad
In “It’s On You,” Nick Chater and George Loewenstein turn from advocates of “nudging,” subtle policy efforts to shape behavior without coercion, to critics who see it as ineffective and misleading.
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Hayek’s Dilemma: How Much State Can Liberty Survive?
Even among “sincere friends of freedom,” disagreement over government’s role runs deep. Can a state be big enough to defend liberty without also violating it?
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•
From Shakespeare to Smith: Why Credit Exists in Every Western Society
Credit is not an artificial construct imposed by financiers or states. It arises because modern commercial life cannot function without it.
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•
Fallacies Forthcoming: Why Mazzucato’s Latest Is Already Outdated
Before it even hits shelves, Mariana Mazzucato’s newest book recycles ideas that economists have already dismantled.