History
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Why Keynes Would Have Feared AI — and Why We Shouldn’t
The economist who predicted abundance also worried about displacement. He was only half right.
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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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Earth Hour Misses Civilization’s True Triumph: Human Innovation
Turning off the lights is easy. Creating them—and the progress they bring—was humanity’s true achievement.
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Adam Smith’s Three Steps to Prosperity
Specialization fuels economic development, but institutions matter. What constrains trade from producing more value?
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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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‘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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The Dark Side of FDR
David Beito’s new book argues that Roosevelt’s record reveals a president driven more by power than principle.
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Why I Pledge Allegiance to the Constitution — Not the Flag
The pledge demands patriotic devotion. The skeptical Constitution builds limits on power. Only one protects liberty.
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The W.E.B. Du Bois We Lost: Marginal Economist?
The famous sociologist was once a student of markets and wages. His later leftist radicalism was forged by institutional failure in the brutal Jim Crow South.
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The UN’s ‘International Covenant’ at 50: When Desires Become ‘Rights’
The United Nations’ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights transformed political desires into enforceable claims, eroding the classical understanding of natural rights.
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Why Keynes Would Have Feared AI — and Why We Shouldn’t
The economist who predicted abundance also worried about displacement. He was only half right.
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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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•
Earth Hour Misses Civilization’s True Triumph: Human Innovation
Turning off the lights is easy. Creating them—and the progress they bring—was humanity’s true achievement.
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•
Adam Smith’s Three Steps to Prosperity
Specialization fuels economic development, but institutions matter. What constrains trade from producing more value?
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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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•
‘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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•
The Dark Side of FDR
David Beito’s new book argues that Roosevelt’s record reveals a president driven more by power than principle.
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Why I Pledge Allegiance to the Constitution — Not the Flag
The pledge demands patriotic devotion. The skeptical Constitution builds limits on power. Only one protects liberty.
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The W.E.B. Du Bois We Lost: Marginal Economist?
The famous sociologist was once a student of markets and wages. His later leftist radicalism was forged by institutional failure in the brutal Jim Crow South.
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The UN’s ‘International Covenant’ at 50: When Desires Become ‘Rights’
The United Nations’ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights transformed political desires into enforceable claims, eroding the classical understanding of natural rights.