Free Trade in the Twenty-First Century – Published with Springer Nature
byIt was a lot of fun working on this book, and it just came to fruition! At nearly 700 pages long, we have the…
Isaac Newton’s Place in the History of Economic Thought
byBy Claudio Restani Isaac Newton is certainly one of the most important scientists in human history—mathematician, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, and theologian. In the second…
The Panic of 1819: Rothbard v. Browning
byBy Joseph Solis-Mullen The Panic of 1819 was one of the first major economic and financial crises in American history. The panic led to…
HANSARD: REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS
byHANSARD 1803–2005 → 1840s → 1845 → June 1845 → 10 June 1845 → Commons Sitting REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS. HC Deb 10 June 1845 vol 81 cc285-381 285 Mr. Villiers said, that…
Tariffs wealth destroyers
byBy Dr Frank Shostak On January 31, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that he would impose a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada…
Elon Musk Is Wrong About Money
byBy Jonathan Newman For better or worse, Elon Musk has taken a liking to old Milton Friedman videos. On the good side, Musk has embraced Friedman’s…
Book Review of The Age of Debt Bubbles
byFrom the Pacific Research Institute On Donald Trump’s second day in office of his second term as President, the government exceeded its congressional borrowing…
William McKinley: Prostitute of Protectionism
byBy Thomas J. DiLorenzo In his inaugural address President Trump called President William McKinley (1897-1901) “great” and proudly announced that he had changed the…
Purchasing power the essence of the currency exchange rate determination
byBy Dr Frank Shostak Often various factors are perceived to be important in determining a currency rate of exchange. For instance, for some commentators…
Global Trade Under Siege: The Threat of Trump’s Second-Term Trade Strategy
bywritten by Mohamed Moutii As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, his proposed trade policies threaten to unleash economic chaos that could…