History
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The Swinging Sixties, Chicago School Style
At the height of the cultural revolution, a group of Chicago economists was quietly launching one of its own.
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How Markets Fought Mosquitoes
More than a cartoon prop, the old-fashioned FLIT gun was one of many innovations that gave ordinary households unprecedented power over pests that plagued us for centuries.
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Independent Thinking Can’t Be Force-Fed
The new book ‘Unconventional Education and America’s Founding’ traces the pluralistic, self-led educations that prepared colonial learners to remake the world.
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Postliberalism Gets the ‘Common Good’ Wrong
Individual liberty is an essential feature of the constitutional order, not a competing good. To claim otherwise, critics must reject or rewrite our Founding.
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When Paris Went Hungry Under Government Food Controls
During the French Revolution, authorities in Paris turned to “a series of ventures in price-fixing and food control” to ensure people did not go hungry. It didn’t work as planned.
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What Slaughtered Pigs Can Teach Us About Europe’s Wine Policy
There’s a senselessness to Europe’s attempt to manage wine supply and dictate prices that echoes the New Deal’s effort to alleviate poverty by destroying millions of pigs.
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The Lesson of 1971 Was Never About Gold
President Nixon abandoned the gold standard. The deeper problem was a monetary system dependent on political judgment.
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Japan’s Debt Crisis Is a Global Warning
Japan can watch debt-service costs consume its budget, or suppress rates and risk inflation. Decades of borrowing have eliminated the easy options.
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When ‘Consumer Protection’ Protects Producers from Competition
Claims to “protect consumers” often shield established industries from competition. The century-old battle over the definition of “whiskey” shows how.
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The McNamara Fallacy Returns: How Inequality Metrics Distract From the Real Causes of Poverty
When policymakers obsess over inequality statistics, they often overlook the institutions and policies that actually keep people poor.
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The Swinging Sixties, Chicago School Style
At the height of the cultural revolution, a group of Chicago economists was quietly launching one of its own.
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•
How Markets Fought Mosquitoes
More than a cartoon prop, the old-fashioned FLIT gun was one of many innovations that gave ordinary households unprecedented power over pests that plagued us for centuries.
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•
Independent Thinking Can’t Be Force-Fed
The new book ‘Unconventional Education and America’s Founding’ traces the pluralistic, self-led educations that prepared colonial learners to remake the world.
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•
Postliberalism Gets the ‘Common Good’ Wrong
Individual liberty is an essential feature of the constitutional order, not a competing good. To claim otherwise, critics must reject or rewrite our Founding.
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•
When Paris Went Hungry Under Government Food Controls
During the French Revolution, authorities in Paris turned to “a series of ventures in price-fixing and food control” to ensure people did not go hungry. It didn’t work as planned.
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What Slaughtered Pigs Can Teach Us About Europe’s Wine Policy
There’s a senselessness to Europe’s attempt to manage wine supply and dictate prices that echoes the New Deal’s effort to alleviate poverty by destroying millions of pigs.
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•
The Lesson of 1971 Was Never About Gold
President Nixon abandoned the gold standard. The deeper problem was a monetary system dependent on political judgment.
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•
Japan’s Debt Crisis Is a Global Warning
Japan can watch debt-service costs consume its budget, or suppress rates and risk inflation. Decades of borrowing have eliminated the easy options.
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•
When ‘Consumer Protection’ Protects Producers from Competition
Claims to “protect consumers” often shield established industries from competition. The century-old battle over the definition of “whiskey” shows how.
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•
The McNamara Fallacy Returns: How Inequality Metrics Distract From the Real Causes of Poverty
When policymakers obsess over inequality statistics, they often overlook the institutions and policies that actually keep people poor.