Hayek’s 1974 Nobel Prize Lecture: The Pretence of Knowledge
byThe particular occasion of this lecture, combined with the chief practical problem which economists have to face today, have made the choice of its…
Economics
Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
byLarry J. Sechrest Beyond some rudimentary facts, very little is available in English about the life of J.B. Say.1 He was born in Lyons,…
On The Importance of Ideas. Or: How Immanuel Kant Protects Us From Intellectual Slavery
byBy Thorsten Polleit In this article, I will be discussing the fact that ideas are something profoundly important for us; that it is ideas…
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…