World War One and the End of the Bourgeois Century
by[Editor’s Note: this first appeared on mises.org] Last week marked the 100 Anniversary of the beginning of World War I. That war, which produced…
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Matt Ridley on the values of Richard Cobden
byMatt Ridley, in The Times [paywall restricted], considers the political relevance of the values of 19th century Liberals, including Richard Cobden. Surely wanting government…
Are economic sanctions behind a possible recession in Russia?
byAccording to commentators, sanctions imposed by the US and the European Union are pushing Russia towards a recession. However, we hold that some key…
TTIP – when free trade goes wrong?
byIn 1942, Wilhelm Röpke’s International Economic Disintegration was published. An international order of liberal free trade collapsed through nationalism, protectionism and monetary destruction. Many…
The root of all evil
byThe FT blog entry dealing with the Pope’s recent apostolic exhortation is, as we might expect, a somewhat tendentious selection, archly culled from the…
Richard Cobden: activist for peace
byOn June 3, 1804, Richard Cobden was born. Nicknamed the “Apostle of Free Trade,” he spearheaded the campaign against the protectionist Corn Laws, leading…
Must free trade be reciprocal?
byThis classic essay by Frédéric Bastiat was recently featured at Mises.org. It was first published in 1845, as the tenth chapter of Bastiat’s Economic Sophisms. We…
The Bristol pound
byBristol businesses queuing up to join local currency scheme This article, published in the The Telegraph, is interesting not for what it says about…
Abundance vs. scarcity
byThis classic essay by Frédéric Bastiat was recently featured at Mises.org. It was first published in 1845, as the first chapter of Bastiat’s Economic…
Does trade promote peace?
byIn this video treatise Professor Pavel Yakovlev from Learn Liberty expounds the benefits of the ‘Capitalist Peace Theory’ arguing that free trade leads to…