May 26 2012 International Trade The Economics of Sanctions on Iraq David Henderson However, the devastation of Iraq in the service of limiting proliferation did not begin with the war in 2003. For the previous 13 years, that country had suffered under economic sanctions, visited upon it by both Democratic and Republican administrations, that were designed to force the evil, if pathetic, Saddam Husse... 13 Read More
May 26 2012 Political Economy Eugenics and Man at Yale Arnold Kling The Yale Alumni Magazine has this: In the early decades of the twentieth century, eugenics "fell squarely in the mainstream of scientific and popular culture," according to Yale history professor Daniel Kevles, author of the 1985 book In the Name of Eugenics. Theodore Roosevelt popularized the term "race suicide," for... 14 Read More
May 25 2012 Economic and Political Philosophy Friday Night Video: Markets Breed Virtue David Henderson 2 Read More