PRIVACY POLICY
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Consumer Demand Does Not Lead to Jobs and Output
byBy Jai Khemani Jai recently got 2 A*s and an A in his A levels and is now looking forward to university. Jai is particularly…
Keynote Speech Published in German Economics Journal ORDO
byMy keynote speech at the Future of Money Conference in Leipzig last year has been published in ORDO, one of the oldest and most…
May Day
by“Japan was the dress rehearsal; the rest of the world will be the main event.” Investor in Japanese stocks, known to this correspondent, circa…
Does it matter whether assumptions in economics are arbitrary?
byVarious assumptions employed by mainstream economists appear to be of an arbitrary nature. The assumptions seem to be detached from the real world. For…
Potato Chips vs. Microchips: A False Dichotomy
byby Mary Lucia Darst It doesn’t make any difference whether a country makes computer chips or potato chips!” ~ attributed to Michael J. Boskin ~…
The Heat Death of the Economic Universe
byPhysicists say that the universe is expanding. However, they hotly debate (pun intended) if the rate of expansion is sufficient to overcome gravity—called escape…
Austrian Economics Centre Free Market Events
byLast week I had the pleasure of chairing a panel on the future of free trade for the Free Market Roadshow run by the…
Speech on Enlightenment Values
byTomorrow in Brussels I am giving a speech on the importance of enlightenment values. I believe this is the most important issue of our…
The Worst Man In Modern History
byIt seems extraordinary that in defiance of all factual history and philosophical knowledge anyone should celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Marx….