The Sad Case of Detroit
This may not be the deepest analysis of why and how Detroit has sunk so very low, but he hits the nail on the head quite a few times. This…
Economic Insights
An Amusing Example of “If you say it often enough, someone might believe it.”
Peter Klein, “On the Term ‘Religion’“
A Drug Policy that Would Stop Sacrificing Afghanistan
I’ve met with some very sharp Afghan policy makers who understand well that the US “war on drugs” has terrible consequences for Afghans, who are victimized by the US DEA…
A New Understanding of Economic Growth
I heard Deirdre McCloskey make this argument recently in Berlin, where I attended two conferences on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s The Theory…
Resist All Barriers to Peaceful Trade, Including “Green Protectionism”
The FreedomToTrade.org campaign is organizing a petition to resist calls for “Green Protectionism.” I’ve signed and I encourage others to do so, as well.
My Presentation on Trade Policy in Beijing
Held at the Unirule Institute on November 20: “?????????????????????“* *Translated, and not by me!
Poverty and Morality
I’m looking forward to the new Cambridge University Press book on Poverty and Morality (William A. Galston and Peter Hoffenberg eds., Cambridge University Press, 2010), in which I have a…
Norberg and the Comparison to a Chautauqua Tent Revivalist*
I’ve been quite busy for the past weeks, but I had a slow-ish day today, so I clarified my remarks about why Johan Norberg’s book Financial Fiasco is a good…