Malthus and the Assault on Population
The Malthusian fallacy created the common view that economics is cold, hardhearted, excessively rational, and opposed to the welfare of people.
World History
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Ambassador Jefferson
Jefferson writes mournfully, "What a cruel reflection, that a rich country can not long be a free one!"
Yes, There is a Revolution Afoot
There is a revolution afoot, one that is happening much more quickly than the Industrial Revolution.
The Influence of Dugald Stewart
A triumphant movement of Adam Smith disciples really begins only with Dugald Stewart.
Creating the Anthrax Crisis His Career Needed
Bruce Ivins had the skill, the opportunity, and the motives to single-handedly produce the crisis that the state needed, writes Floy Lilley.
India’s Great Free-Market Economist
Bellikoth Ragunath Shenoy was born in 1905 in the village of Bellikoth, near Mangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. He became a hugely influential proponent of Hayekian theory and policy. He is sadly neglected today.
On the Repeal of the Corn Laws
Why do we have a superstitious reverence for the owners of those sluggish acres?
Welfare before the Welfare State
People found innovative ways of supporting each other before the welfare state existed. This article walks through David Beito’s in From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State.
