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Economics

To Reach ‘Peak Human,’ Let Freedom Fuel Civilization

Authors rarely get it right the first time. For three decades, Swedish historian and liberal debater Johan Norberg has made…

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Economics

But Lagarde, Europe Is a Museum!

“Europe is a museum, Japan is a nursing home, China is a jail, and bitcoin is an experiment.” These were…

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Economics

Returns to College Investments: Requiem for a Financial Dream

It’s really not a simple task to figure out if college is “worth it” — financially speaking or even personally.…

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Economics

‘One From the Many’: Meissner’s Economic History Shines—Until It Doesn’t

The most important thing a book on the economic history of the world must emphasize, again and again, is the…

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Economics

Golden Hiccups in our Modern Financial System

Last time this much gold crossed the Atlantic, the French were repatriating their gold reserves from New York — in…

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Economics

Can Behavioral Economics Explain America’s Gun Violence Epidemic?

In the 2022 BBC show Inside Man, Stanley Tucci’s character (Jefferson Grieff), an inmate on death row, says something dramatic…

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Economics

The Nvidia Way: How Nvidia Became the Most Valuable Company in History

Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company out of the blue — almost.  Adding trillions to its market capitalization within…

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Economics

Benjamin Graham and How to Invest Like a Legend

I learned stock analysis and financial accounting from an online nym called “Lundaluppen.” It was the early 2010s, blogging was…

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Economics

Public Goods in a Free Society

"Even under this supposed solution to a market failure, we’re getting less public goods than we get shafted for. Like…

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Economics

Erik Angner’s Defense of Our Dismal Discipline

"The conversational tone is excellent for the wide audience he intends — those skeptical of economists and economics — and…

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