The Covid Silver Lining
After more than a year of unprecedented state intervention in our private lives, have Americans accepted a grim "new normal"?
Economic Freedom
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Old and New Development Economics: A Reassessment of Objectives
The behavioral economics-based "new development economics" is just like the old development economics, say Espinosa and Carreiro. The Austrian theory of dynamic efficiency offers a useful path forward.
The Theory of the Political Spectrum
Using an unbiased rubric to evaluate political doctrines reveals that spectrum polarization depends on three conditions: attitudes toward private property, individual freedom, and wealth redistribution.
Why Envy Can Destroy Economic Progress
In some cultures, entrepreneurial achievement and capital accumulations are viewed with high levels of suspicion and envy. This can be disastrous for economic progress.
Burt Blumert’s Ninety-Second Birthday
Today would have been Burt Blumert's ninety-second birthday
What Chile’s Vote to Change Its Constitution Means for Its Future
In recent decades, Chile set itself apart from the rest of Latin America with successful market reforms and a stable political system. Average Chileans prospered. But now that's all at risk.
What Chile’s Vote to Change Its Constitution Means for Its Future
In recent decades, Chile set itself apart from the rest of Latin America with successful market reforms and a stable political system. Average Chileans prospered. But now that's all at risk.
American Voters: Don’t Look to Europe as a Model
As we face a second wave of coronavirus outbreak in Europe, we know that the March measures and aggressive lockdowns were a grave mistake.
Chile Won’t Become a Developed Country If It Doesn’t Change Course
Twenty years ago, it looked like Chile was well on its way to joining the world's small club of developed countries. But this path looks less and less likely as Chile abandons its commitment to freedom and markets.
