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Mexico Flirts with Nationalizing Its Electricity Sector
Mexico finds itself in the middle of an energy debate. En bloc, the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO),...
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On the Cause and Effect of Interest Rates
It is a common idea, accepted by all those who have written on commerce, that an increased quantity of money...
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The Long Rehabilitation of Frank Fetter
Abstract: Economics has long history of “rehabilitations,” including W.H. Hutt’s rehabilitation of Say’s law, and Alfred Marshall’s attempt to rehabilitate...
Read moreOn Professor Ludwig von Mises’s 70th Birthday
Abstract: This newly translated tribute to Ludwig von Mises was written by Hans Mayer on the occasion of Mises’s 70th...
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Anatomy of Liberty in Don Quijote de la Mancha: Religion, Feminism, Slavery, Politics, and Economics in the First Modern Novel
Anatomy of Liberty in Don Quijote de la Mancha: Religion, Feminism, Slavery, Politics, and Economics in the First Modern Novelby...
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The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynesby Zachary D. CarterNew York: Random House, 2020,...
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Why It’s Important to Prepare Students for “Trick Questions”
I have taught economics long enough that I have made use of a variety of “trick” questions in introductory courses....
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How Nigeria’s Central Bank Inflates the Money Supply
The Nigerian central bank uses all the same tools as other central banks. And it uses them a lot. Original...
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The Oklahoma National Guard Refused the Vax Mandate. The Pentagon Is Not Pleased.
In a surprising development, Republican Governor Kevin Stitt has refused to implement the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. This has placed the...
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Why Care about Inequality?
Why Does Inequality Matter?by T.M. ScanlonOxford University Press, 2018, 170 pp. T.M. Scanlon, who taught philosophy for many years at...
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