February 2025 ISSUE

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An Economic Approach to Homer’s Odyssey: Part II

By Tyler Cowen

The Polities of The Odyssey In the previous article, I outlined what an economic approach to reading Homer's epic, The Odyssey,1 might look like. I also noted that what most strikes me about The Odyssey is Homer's treatment of comparative political regimes. Looking...
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The Market Society Is a Pro-Social Society

By Walker Wright

Human beings are inherently pro-social creatures. Aristotle went so far as to refer to us as political animals, driven by our nature to create associations that culminate in the broader community of the polis. And our capacity for reciprocity, trust, and cooperation...
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Book Review

The Psychology of Authoritarianism

By Arnold Kling

... [those] who score high on the authoritarianism scale agree that (italicized words are direct quotes from the scale) our country needs a mighty leader; that the leader should destroy opponents; that people should trust the judgment of the proper authorities, avoi...
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Undoing Past Policies: How Likely Are Repeals in the 119th Congress?

By Jordan Ragusa

After every presidential election, including the most recent, the new majority wants to repeal a list of previous regimes' policy enactments. Political observers always look to the next two years, wondering what to expect from the party in power. With the 2024 elect...
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David M. Hart

Editor's Introduction to "A Tadpole Constitution. Part II. Majority Rule by Any Other Name"

Reflections from Europe Jan 7 2004

Editor's Introduction to "A Tadpole Constitution. Part I. How Confederacy Could Turn into a Federal Superstate"

Reflections from Europe Dec 1 2003

Editor's Introduction to "Free-Riding on the Euro"

Reflections from Europe Sep 17 2003

Editor's Introduction to "Property and its Enemies. Part III. How to Get a Free Lunch? Just Apply for It."

Reflections from Europe Sep 1 2003

Editor's Introduction to "Property and its Enemies. Part II. Is Ownership a Myth?"

Reflections from Europe Aug 4 2003

Editor's Introduction to "Property and its Enemies. Part I. 'Design Faults' in Locke's Theory of Property Taint Ownership with Guilt"

Reflections from Europe Aug 4 2003

Editor's Introduction to "Capitalism and Virtue: Politicians Do Not Understand the Economy, But Do Managers?"

Reflections from Europe Jun 2 2003

Editor's Introduction to "Float or Sink? The Millstone of the 'Social Market' in Germany"

Reflections from Europe May 15 2003

Editor's Introduction to "More Nonsense on Stilts: Mr. Bentham Is At It Again"

Reflections from Europe Apr 24 2003

Editor's Introduction to "Turkey Knocking on Europe's Door"

Reflections from Europe Apr 7 2003

Editor's Introduction to "What Price Pride? On the Hidden Costs of Economic Illiteracy"

Reflections from Europe Apr 7 2003

Editor's Introduction to "The Sins of the Fathers and the Sins of the Sons: Economic Consequences of a United States of Europe"

Reflections from Europe Mar 3 2003

Life and Works of Antoine Louis Claude, Comte Destutt de Tracy

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Life and Works of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

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Life and Works of Jean-Baptiste Say

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Life and Works of Gustave de Molinari

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David R. Henderson

The Wrong Road to Freedom

Book Review Oct 7 2024

The Nobel Factor: What Does the Prize Reward?

Book Review Apr 5 2021

Economists Waging War

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Romance and Reality: A Review of Romance of the Rails by Randal O'Toole

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Economics Works

Liberty Classics May 6 2019

Economists Know: Ask What Changed

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A Cure for Our Health Care Ills: The Supply Side

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A Cure for Our Health Care Ills

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What a Wonderful World

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Why Predatory Pricing Is Highly Unlikely

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Extending Hayek's Insights about Local Knowledge

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Honor Laborers

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In Praise of Debt

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Think on the Margin

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Would a Return to Conscription Substantially Reduce the Probability of War?

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TANSTAAFL, There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

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The Robber Barons: Neither Robbers nor Barons

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How Property Rights Solve Problems

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GDP Fetishism

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Charles L. Hooper

Economists Know: Ask What Changed

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A Cure for Our Health Care Ills: The Supply Side

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A Cure for Our Health Care Ills

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The Dismal Economics of Drug Development

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Henry George's Protection or Free Trade: A Critical Review

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Who Is Harmed by Insider Trading?

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Insider Trading Turned Inside Out

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NSA Surveillance: A Cost/Benefit Analysis

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Never Mind: FDA Changes Own Rules in Midstream

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Mercantilism Lives

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FDA Walls Do Not Encircle

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