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The Year of Adam Smith: Why the Savvy Scotsman Remains So Important
2026 commemorates the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s great work An Inquiry into the…
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The Year of Adam Smith: Why the Savvy Scotsman Remains So Important
2026 commemorates the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s great work An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations . This book has pro…
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AI Won’t Fix America’s Looming Debt Crisis
Last month, Congress sparred with the president over a partial budget, but with few real cuts, America’s slow march toward an epic debt crisis went …
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Milei’s Argentina: Between Liberation and the Institutional Trap
What is President Javier Milei, really: a savior, or a bankruptcy trustee? An anarchist, a populist, or a classical-liberal reformer? Is he dismantli…
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India's Aviation Meltdown Reveals Hazards of Command-and-Control
In early December 2025, a cascading series of flight cancellations at IndiGo , India’s largest airline, brought one of the world’s fastest-growing av…
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Anthropic vs. The Pentagon: AI Ethics Collide With Government Power
Daily headlines formulate new variations on the theme: artificial intelligence is too powerful to be left unregulated. Lawmakers, guardedly seconded …
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Central Banks Can’t Stop Wars
Every time conflict erupts in the Middle East and oil prices jump, the same anxiety follows: will central banks respond with tighter money? It’s an …
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The Economics of Zoning, Explained
What are zoning laws, how do they work, and what are their economic effects? This explainer is intended to be a guide to the purposes and mechanics …
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