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While framed as a book about economic development theory and the history of colonialism, William Easterly’s latest tome is actually something grander and more...
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While framed as a book about economic development theory and the history of colonialism, William Easterly’s latest tome is actually something grander and more...
Economy
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Segment of a political cartoon from the 1890s, titled “A Confidence Trick.” JM Staniforth 1895. Recently on Facebook, an attractive young woman – or...
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New Year’s Eve fireworks above the US Capitol Building, Washington DC. 2016. “Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?” Many in...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act. 1935. Donald Trump and Joe Biden began the campaign season by staying away from social security reform....
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador addresses a press conference. EneasMx. July 2024. Here in the US we don’t normally have much interest in the domestic...
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Economic misconceptions persist due to misguided intuitions that overlook complex factors, a preference for principles over outcomes, the influence of epistemic bubbles, and political...
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Revolutionaries burn a carriage in front of the Chateau d’eau in Paris during the French revolution. Lithograph, Nathaniel Currier. 1848. “In one sense, at...
