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Remembering Julian Simon
Paul A. Cleveland is a professor of economics at Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama. Erin Hagert is studying economics at The King’s College in New York. The late Julian Simon was not a household name, but he left an indelible mark nonetheless by demanding that environmentalists produce evidence for their doomsday predictions. Meanwhile, he produced his [...]
1Jan2007 | and Paul A. Cleveland | 1 comment | ContinuedIt’s Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends in the Last 100 Years
It’s not for nothing that economics is tagged “the dismal science.” Part of that reputation traces to its realistic no-pie-in-the-sky nature, but another part goes to the ongoing influence of thinkers like Thomas Malthus, who saw population outracing food output; Karl Marx, who saw evil capital crushing the rising working class; and John Maynard Keynes, [...]
1Jan2002 | William H. Peterson | 0 comments | ContinuedWhy Term Limits?
Early in the 1990s a grassroots movement to limit the terms of elected officials in various public offices blossomed nationwide. Term-limit ballot initiatives passed in 19 states, usually by landslide margins. The U.S. Supreme Court threw out all state-imposed term limits on federal positions in 1995, but those for state and local offices were affirmed. [...]
1May2001 | Lawrence W. Reed | 4 comments | ContinuedBetween Power and Liberty: Economics and the Law edited by Richard M. Ebeling
Hillsdale College Press • 1998 • 169 pages • $9.95 paperback Philip Murray is an associate professor of economics at Webber College in Babson Park, Florida. Between Power and Liberty: Economics and the Law, is the publication of the 1997 Ludwig von Mises lectures at Hillsdale College. The book’s title comes from James Madison’s description [...]
1Feb1999 | Philip R. Murray | 0 comments | Continued-
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