Which Economists Should Have Gotten Nobels Before They Died?
A colleague lent me George Stigler’s Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist, and the book has me thinking about economists who...
Art Carden
Review of The Sovereign Consumer: A New Intellectual History of Neoliberalism
“Neoliberalism” is one of those words that gets thrown around in academic circles without a precise definition, and in left-wing...
Delta Doesn’t Owe Me More Legroom
I have traveled so much over the last few months that I’m recognized at the Delta check-in counter at the...
Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich, Eh? Four Canadian Innovators and Their Achievements
They called them the Robber Barons: the American industrialists who fundamentally changed the American economy through their innovations in fields...
Three Principles for Monetary Institutions: Review of Money and the Rule of Law
This will not surprise you: a book on monetary policy written by three George Mason University-trained economists explores the institutional...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Economics Classroom
Colleges and universities are prioritizing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. This should be the moment economists have been waiting...
Recovering a Lost Tradition: Review of The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 1600-1870
Daniel R. Mandell’s The Lost Tradition of Economic Equality in America, 1600-1870 adds to the historical literature exploring American interventionism...
Can You Even Be An “Informed” Citizen?
Right after the famous “invisible hand” quote in The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith writes: What is the species of...
Review of Edward Younkins, Exploring Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Magnum Opus
Few books are as loved and as hated as Atlas Shrugged. Exploring Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Magnum Opus is a...
Review of Sheilagh Ogilvie, The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis
In a famous passage in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith writes,...
The Misuse of Knowledge in Society: Intervention Means Prices are Lying
In his excellent book The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford referred to a competitive market as a “world of truth.” The...
Review of Ola Innset, Reinventing Liberalism
Reinventing Liberalism is an interesting contribution from the intellectual historian that sets out to help us understand the intellectual origins...
