Shane J. Coules

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Debunking Piketty and the Left’s Celebrity Economists

03/20/2021 Mises Wire Shane J. Coules

Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. If you were to browse the economics section of the majority of bookstores here in my home city, Dublin, you would find something of an odd...

The Weaponization of the Term “Far Right”

03/08/2021 Power & Market Shane J. Coules

Economist Thomas Sowell once said that the word ‘racism’ is like ketchup: it can be put on practically anything. Today, since Robin DiAngelo et al have decided that all white people are racist, it...

In Some Countries, Lockdowns May Be the “New Normal”

03/10/2021 Mises Wire Shane J. Coules

Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. Like many mainstream economists who make predictions that inform and shape government policy, medical experts make predictions which can...

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Debunking Piketty and the Left’s Celebrity Economists

03/26/2021 Shane J. Coules

If you were to browse the economics sections of bookstores here in my home city, Dublin, you would find a wide variety of books by anticapitalist celebrity economists. Books by free market economists? Not so much.

In Some Countries, Lockdowns May Be the “New Normal”

03/15/2021 Shane J. Coules

While some countries in Europe are showing signs of lifting all restrictions soon, Ireland’s so-called leaders are telling citizens it cannot be guaranteed that they’ll even be able to holiday in their own country this summer.

The Absurdity of Lockdown 2.0

12/03/2020 Shane J. Coules

As Ludwig von Mises said, “whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.” This is applicable to peace within nations, too.

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