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On the stand: best reads in current magazines

with Niall Fergusonvia Globe and Mail (Canada)
Friday, March 26, 2010

The British historian Niall Ferguson believes that all empires are destined to decline and fall. . . .

In the News

The Return of History

with Gary S. Becker, Russ Robertsvia New York Times
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Some brilliant scholar has to write a comprehensive history of modern economics because the evolution of this field is clearly one of the most consequential things happening in the world today. . . .

In the News

Tricky Dick and the dollar

with George P. Shultzvia Economist
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Does Richard Nixon have anything to teach Barack Obama about economic diplomacy? . . .

Analysis and Commentary

New Tremors in Global Finance and Trade

by Michael J. Boskinvia Project Syndicate
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

With the American and global economies in the early stages of post-recession recovery, serious questions remain about that recovery’s strength and sustainability. . . .

In the News

An empire in decline as the world turns upside down

with Niall Fergusonvia Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Evidence is accumulating that we have reached a civilisational turning point. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Will the Euro Survive its Current Difficulties?

by Gary S. Beckervia Becker-Posner Blog
Sunday, March 21, 2010

When the euro was launched on January 1, 1999, I was skeptical about its long run viability primarily for two reasons. . . .

In the News

Two presidents, two recessions

with Annelise Andersonvia Los Angeles Times
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama both took office facing economic crisis. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

A Way Out of Soviet-Style Health Care

by Milton Friedmanvia Wall Street Journal
Saturday, March 20, 2010

In a chapter in his novel "The Cancer Ward" titled "The Old Doctor," Alexander Solzhenitsyn compares "private medical practice" with "universal, free, public health service" through the words of an elderly physician whose practice predated 1918. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Quantitative Easing at the Fed and the Bank of Japan

by John B. Taylorvia Economics One (blog)
Friday, March 19, 2010

Next Thursday March 25 the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on how the Fed should exit from its quantitative easing. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Reflections on the Revolution in America

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

These are exciting though scary revolutionary times, akin to the constant acrimony in the fourth-century BC polis, mid-nineteenth century revolutionary Europe, or — perhaps in a geriatric replay — the 1960s. . . .

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