Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Larry J. Sechrest Beyond some rudimentary facts, very little is available in English about the life of J.B. Say.1 He was born in Lyons,…
Isaac Newton’s Place in the History of Economic Thought
By Claudio Restani Isaac Newton is certainly one of the most important scientists in human history—mathematician, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, and theologian. In the second…
The Panic of 1819: Rothbard v. Browning
By Joseph Solis-Mullen The Panic of 1819 was one of the first major economic and financial crises in American history. The panic led to…
Elon Musk Is Wrong About Money
By Jonathan Newman For better or worse, Elon Musk has taken a liking to old Milton Friedman videos. On the good side, Musk has embraced Friedman’s…
Book Review of The Age of Debt Bubbles
From the Pacific Research Institute On Donald Trump’s second day in office of his second term as President, the government exceeded its congressional borrowing…
William McKinley: Prostitute of Protectionism
By Thomas J. DiLorenzo In his inaugural address President Trump called President William McKinley (1897-1901) “great” and proudly announced that he had changed the…
Global Trade Under Siege: The Threat of Trump’s Second-Term Trade Strategy
written by Mohamed Moutii As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, his proposed trade policies threaten to unleash economic chaos that could…
The New Brandeisian: A Populist Repackaging of the Harvard School
By Siamak Etefagh The landscape of antitrust policy in the United States has long been shaped by various schools of thought, each bringing distinct…
Bitcoiners’ Guide to Austrian Economics
By Per Bylund Austrian economics is a scholarly tradition that consists of a body of theory that explains how an economy works. Austrian economists develop…
China admits it has massive shadow debts – creating a headache for the EU and UK, and a threat to their public credit ratings
written by Bob Lyddon Introduction The stimulus package for the Chinese economy, presaged by the People’s Bank of China in late September, has disappointed in…