World History

In a way, the separation of the Czechs and Slovaks was like Brexit and the UK’s 1980s privatizations combined, only a lot more complicated.

Steven Pinker’s attempt to rescue the Whig theory of history and demonstrate that we live in the best of all worlds turns out to be an utter failure.

New Brazilian president Bolsonaro does not pretend to understand much about economics, but some of his advisors may move in the right direction.

The goal of the liberals — properly defined — has always been to fight what Macaulay called "the all-devouring state."

Hitler is the modern archetype of political evil, but many who condemn him still embrace his socialist economic policies.

Some Marxists have been quite explicit about their desire to apply the Marxist idea of exploitation to nearly every facet of society.

The United Nations has big plans for your tax money.

The Nobel committee this year showed that it has embraced clever economic modeling as a replacement for scientific progress.

The European Miracle was one in which humans achieved sustained growth for the first time on earth. Why Europe? Because of European decentralization and private enterprise.

As they did with Trump, the media categorizes Brazil's Bolsonaro as a “hateful” candidate, but it never tries to take a serious look at how Brazilians have suffered under leftist regimes.