Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna

Articles

The Role of Calvinism in the Dutch Golden Age

06/11/2018 Mises Wire Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna

The well-known thesis of Max Weber regarding the intimate relationship between Calvinism and Capitalism has long been challenged by Western scholars yet has always found its proponents. The French...

Central Banks Haven’t Always Been Quite as Bad as They Are Now

05/30/2018 Mises Wire Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna

Long ago, in a universe of sane fiscal policy far away, there existed an institution, then new to the world of international banking and finance, called the Federal Reserve Bank, whose primary concern...

Russia, China and the Geopolitics of the Silk Road

04/20/2018 Mises Wire Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna

The most prominent feature of the geopolitics of Russia and the West pivots upon a relatively obscure feature of the geopolitics of Russia and China. The mainstream media in the U.S. has covered...

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