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Hunter Lewis is author of twelve books, including The Secular Saints: And Why Morals Are Not Just Subjective, Economics in Three Lessons & One Hundred Economic Laws, Where Keynes Went Wrong, and Crony Capitalism in America 2008-2012, and has contributed to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Times of London, The Atlantic and many other magazines and web sites including Mises.org and LewRockwell.com. Lewis is also co-founder of Against Crony Capitalism, co-founder and CEO of investment firm Hunter Lewis LLC, and co-founder and former CEO of global investment firm  Cambridge Associates LLC. He has served on boards and committees of fifteen not-for-profit organizations, including environmental, teaching, research, and cultural organizations, as well as the World Bank.

Where Keynes Went Wrong

Other Schools of Thought

10/01/2009Books
Lewis smashes the Keynes edifice completely in this extremely well-done book.
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Free Prices Now! Fixing the Economy by Abolishing the Fed

Global EconomyCalculation and KnowledgeInterventionismPrices

01/11/2016Books
The most reliable barometer of economic honesty is to be found in prices. Honest prices, neither manipulated nor controlled, provide both investors and consumers with reliable economic signals. They are the foundation for a successful economy.
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Crony Capitalism in America

Big GovernmentCorporate WelfareU.S. EconomyPolitical Theory

01/11/2016Books
When private interests need a political favor, they know whom to call. When politicians need money, they also know whom to call. The people involved try to keep most of it concealed behind closed doors. This is the system that prevailed in Russia after the fall of Communism. But increasingly it is...
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Crony Capitalism in Scientific Research

02/07/2019Power & Market

The government pays for it, but then a German publisher or a university likely owns it.

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"FDA Approval" is a Monopolist's Scheme to Limit Competition

08/13/2018Power & Market
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These Eight Words Helped Cause the Great Depression

Booms and BustsLabor and WagesBusiness Cycles

Blog07/09/2018

Here are the fateful words that set the stage for years of high unemployment: “We believe in the principle of high wages.”

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Have Progressives Won “The Culture War?”

Media and CultureStrategy

Blog03/17/2018

There is no bright shiny line between cultural issues and economic ones. 

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