Why We Read Dead Economists
Studying the history of economic thought is out. We should bring it back in.
Other Schools of Thought
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The Anti-Imperialist League and the Battle Against Empire
States have successfully managed to persuade subject populations that any insult to the state is an insult to the people as well.
Mercantilism as the Economic Side of Absolutism
Mercantilism was of necessity a system of state-building, of big government, of high taxes, and the aggrandizing of the nation-state.
The Tyranny of the Econocracy
The general public views economists as a priestly class who define public policy, but whose obscure wisdom and arcane rituals are closed to them.
The Saver as a Voter
Millions suffer because their governments obstruct domestic saving and capital formation and keep foreign capital out.
Classical-Liberal Exploitation Theory
Real exploitation in society is perpetrated upon the productive classes (the taxpayers) by the parasite class (the state).
The Failure of Bolshevism and Its Aftermath
Judged by its announced goals, Bolshevism failed. Was Russia "not yet ripe" for socialism?
Richard Cantillon and the French Economists: Distinctive French Contributions of J.B. Say
The late 17th century experienced a crisis in European thought which paralleled the Scientific Revolution and led to a revolution in economic thought.
Is Behavioral Economics Good Economics?
Behavioral economists, while criticizing the mainstream economics for not being realistic, treats human beings as automatons.
Mainstream Economists Whitewashed the Evils of Communism
There’s no excuse for any sentient being – especially an economist – to have praised the decrepit communist economic model by the 1980's.
