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Fallacies Forthcoming: Why Mazzucato's Latest Is Already Outdated
Economics is a peculiar science. On the one hand, it is the queen of the social scienc…
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Fallacies Forthcoming: Why Mazzucato's Latest Is Already Outdated
Economics is a peculiar science. On the one hand, it is the queen of the social sciences and offers a powerful logic for understanding the world . On…
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Why Gas Tax Holidays Backfire
Energy price increases are hitting Americans hard. In the March 2026 Everyday Price Index, my colleague Pete Earle noted that the Iran war drove up …
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AI Abundance Won't End Inflation, Nor Make Money Meaningless
Recent remarks by Elon Musk have reignited debate over the economic implications of artificial intelligence, following a widely circulated video clip…
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Early Supercomputing Helped Reduce Cold War Risks
As a kid growing up in the 1980s, I was frighteningly aware of the possibility of a nuclear war with the Soviets. While films like War Games and The…
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Economist and Revolutionary - Adam Smith and 1776
Executive Summar y 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of two momentous historical events: the publication of Adam Smith’s Inquiry into the Nature and …
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Deaths from Despair: Is Globalization a Health Risk?
The New York Times recently reported on a new research paper that finds that, as summarized by the Times , “the North American Free Trade Agreeme…
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