Economic Insights


Update on Ukrainian Re-Privatization

The Krivorizhstal Steel Mill The BBC has the story on the announced re-sale of the Krivorizhstal steel mill. (See post with additional links below.)

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Faith, Commerce, and Freedom

My colleague Dan Griswold gave a very fine talk last October at the Cato University seminar in Quebec City on “The Art of Persuasion.” His topic was “Property and Stewardship:…

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Unequal in America

My colleague Alan Reynolds had a very insightful essay on inequality in today’s Wall Street Journal.

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Kapitalismus-Debatte in Deutschland

I was interviewed by Die Zeit about the remarks of Franz Müntefering (see posts below: 1, 2). The quotations are in this piece, “America’s Economists Criticize German Ignorance.”

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Thanks for the Explanation, BBC

According to the Beeb, the food situation in North Korea is getting worse. And, of course, we are given a very clear explanation of why: Market reforms introduced in North…

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The Perils of Revisiting “Flawed Privatizations”

In a column in the Washington Post (requires simple registration), Anders Aslund points out what goes wrong when even rigged privatizations are undone or called into question: property rights generally…

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The Perils of Revisiting “Flawed Privatizations”

In a column in the Washington Post (requires simple registration), Anders Aslund points out what goes wrong when even rigged privatizations are undone or called into question: property rights generally…

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The Perils of Revisiting “Flawed Privatizations”

In a column in the Washington Post (requires simple registration), Anders Aslund points out what goes wrong when even rigged privatizations are undone or called into question: property rights generally…

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The Perils of Revisiting “Flawed Privatizations”

In a column in the Washington Post (requires simple registration), Anders Aslund points out what goes wrong when even rigged privatizations are undone or called into question: property rights generally…

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The Bloodsuckers….

Davids Medienkritik has a fine exposÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?© of anti-Americanism in Germany and its remarkable similarities with an earlier form of scapegoating in Germany. It does seem to be a trend. As…

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