Philosophy and Methodology

The most important book in the history of economics was first published more than two and a half centuries ago, but this brilliant work by Richard Cantillon remains a must-read for professional economists and laymen alike.  

Parents and kids should realize that learning principles of economics and business is not about propaganda-spouting: it is about logic, thinking, and problem solving.

Groupthink is a process of gradualism that seeks to gently merge the followers into a pack with leaders.

A long-out-of-print work makes the case for privatizing everything. Robert Murphy is the reviewer.

The political and ideological forces that gave rise to Bolshevism at the turn of the century are similarly inspiring the movement that looted and burned last month in Genoa.

Vigilance about co-opted semantics is vital because language mediates thoughts, actions, and hence public debate and policy.

Regulators and their political backers believe that only government can protect people from the risks of everyday life. Adam Young explains.

Only real savings and labor, not pieces of paper called money, can create new capital goods. Gene Callahan explains.

Death duties loot the productive, destroy capital, and bring about a damaging social upheaval. Hans Sennholz explains.
 

To those who know Leland Yeager's work, it will come as no surprise that he has given us an illuminating book, informed by careful thought and wide-ranging scholarship.