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Frederic Bastiat is an often unsung hero of 19th Century economic thought. His lessons on freedom and trade are timeless and ...

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In The General Theory, J.M. Keynes allegedly “discredited” Say‘s Law. Of course, Keynes actually debunked a straw man that ...

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The critical point was, again the Middle Ages, and there you had an adversarial position between the church and the state ...

Remember that the ECB’s mandate is price stability, but inflation in the euro area has exceeded 22% in the past four years.

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The New York Times recently ran a detailed report on US involvement in the Ukraine-Russia war and—surprise!—the Biden ...

The first thing to say about laissez-faire liberalism is that it arose in Europe, specifically in Western Christendom. This ...