The Middle East is tough on minorities. After millennia of Jewish presence throughout the Arab and Persian lands, almost every country in the region—save for Israel, of course—was emptied of Jews in the last century.
Economists love the word “Great” for significant economic events—such as The Great Depression—probably using it too much. I’m as guilty as anyone. I used the terms Great Inflation and Great Disinf...
Barry Weingast, the Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the role of violence and the threat of violence in...
