Inflation may be a problem. But it’s also a political opportunity.
Since economists don’t agree on what’s causing it, someone will likely use it to sell other policies.
A century ago, Prohibition was about expanding liberty. Then our definition of liberty changed.
Many defenders of Black, Native American and women’s political rights saw Prohibition as increasing freedom
Why has U.S. inflation hit 7 percent?
Here are the clashing explanations — and the reasons experts want you to believe them
How the Chicago School changed the meaning of Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’
Smith wasn’t warning about government intervention in the market; he was warning about government capture
America’s tech entrepreneurs are Democrats not libertarians, but they may be changing the Democratic Party
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How will charter schools deal with their corruption scandals?
[caption id="attachment_14073" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Former Michigan governor John Engler.
Milton Friedman’s Thermostat
Via Matthew Yglesias on Twitter, "this insight":http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/2012/07/why-are-almost-all-economists-unaware-of-milton-friedmans-thermostat.html from the _Worthwhile
The Death of Libertarianism? Part 2
In yesterday’s post, I suggested that American libertarianism both is
Conflicted Liberals?
"Decline of the Tenure Track Raises Concerns" in the NY