Archive for Charles K. Rowley
E.G. West: Champion of the Market for Education
(Editor’s Note: Professor E. G. West, the distinguished economist and historian of education, died last October 6 at the age of 79. His most recent articles in this magazine, “The Spread of Education Before Compulsion: Britain and America in the Nineteenth Century” and “Classical Libertarian Compromises on State Education,” appeared in the July and October [...]
29Jun2010 | Charles K. Rowley | 0 comments | ContinuedFreedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism
Free trade against protectionism is one of those few issues over which economists have reached consensus. Free trade attracts the vote of the very large majority of economists, whereas protectionism typically attracts the support only of those who are paid mouthpieces for the special interests. Yet this remarkable consensus belies the facts of the international [...]
1Sep1999 | Charles K. Rowley | 0 comments | Continued-
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