Arnold Harberger on the Chicago Boys
In my Econ 100 class, we discussed Milton Friedman and monetarism on Thursday. Some of my students mentioned Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, and I emailed everyone links to Robert Lawson’s and my...
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Senior Fellow Alvaro Vargas Llosa Interviewed at Pepperdine University
Independent Institute Senior Fellow Alvaro Vargas Llosa was interviewed at Pepperdine University. Download mp3 file. Also, please see the following books from him: Liberty for Latin America: How to...
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Which Countries Prefer Capitalism?
A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center gauges the opinion among citizens of various countries of the free market. They were asked if they agreed that under such a system the majority is better...
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
“The twenty-first century will be a magnificent time to be alive. Dare be an optimist.” —Matt Ridley On November 12, 2014, the world watched with excitement as another historic human achievement...
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Apocalypse Not: The Legacy of Julian Simon
“The ultimate resource is people—especially skilled, spirited, and hopeful young people endowed with liberty—who will exert their wills and imaginations for their own benefit and inevitably benefit the...
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I, Peach: A Lesson in Comparative Advantage
As part of my lunch today, I enjoyed a big, ripe, sweet, firm peach. “So what?” you may be asking. Well, my doing so is more remarkable than one might think. You see, I live at the extreme end of the...
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Death Valley? Peter Thiel and Steve Jobs on What Could Kill Silicon Valley
Peter Thiel speaking at Independent Institute event on January 27 On January 27, legendary entrepreneur Peter Thiel told a packed house at an Independent Institute luncheon, at the Olympic Club in San...
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What Makes a Miserable Country?
Venezuela is the world’s most miserable country, according to a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University who have calculated a World Misery Index. “Misery” is measured as the sum of a country’s...
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A “Smart-Growth” Revolt in California
On June 18, the Larkspur City Council voted unanimously to kill a high-density “smart-growth” development plan for this community of 12,000 people 16 miles north of San Francisco. The plan called for...
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Fascism Is Efficient, Says Andres Duany, Leading Proponent of “Sustainable...
Andrés Duany, by Knight Foundation – flickr: urban planners look at Biloxi plans, CC BY-SA 2.0, no changes made, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18844675 It goes by many names:...
View ArticleReview: Little Pink House Shows How Machinery of Government Undermines Civil...
Screenwriter-director Courtney Balaker has achieved a rare feat with her recently released movie Little Pink House (based on the book of the same name). She has crafted a story about the machinery of...
View ArticlePope Francis Film Promotes Tolerance but Flawed Thinking on Poverty
As I sat watching the documentary Pope Francis: A Man of His Word, I kept thinking Pope Francis would have trouble navigating my senior seminars on social entrepreneurship. Even though the social...
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