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The Cato Institute recently released its annual report on the Human Freedom Index. This index combines a measure of economic…

Jason Harrison has a post arguing for a specific type of sales tax. Central to this blueprint was the…

In the just published issue of Regulation (Winter 2024-2025), I consider HL Mencken’s maxim. “Democracy is the theory that the…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers: Yes, as we enter the holiday season, I’m going to lighten up on…

Destitution was a great concern in England when Charles Dickens penned A Christmas Carol (1843). Twin shocks — the industrial…

Even if someone time travels, they may not remember or capture it: study interesting engineering How old are you really?…

0:37Intro. [Recording date: November 26, 2024.]Russ Roberts: Today is November 26th, 2024, and my guest is urbanist Alain Bertaud, a…

The author is Ellen Welty, a regional ecologist who studies grassland insects and plants. She is part of the Great…

Dear Patient Readers, We here at Naked Capitalism believe you’re in for a festive, or at least calm, holiday season.…

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, a 15th century Italian scholar, wanted to know everything there was to know. No one in…