Don Boudreaux on the Hockey Stick of Human Prosperity Art Carden By Art Carden, Jun 26 2014 SHARE POST: Don Boudreaux of George Mason University and Cafe Hayek offers a short discussion of the explosion in standards of living over the last few centuries, courtesy of Marginal Revolution University:
Jun 26 2014 Economics and Culture Shall business defend "capitalism"? Alberto Mingardi John McTernan, a former political secretary to Tony Blair, had an interesting article in the FT. He urges "British businesses urgently need to become actively involved in politics". Mr McTernan is actually urging companies to join the debate on Scotland and the European Union, arguing that allowing the Scots to sec... 7 Read More
Jun 26 2014 Income and Wealth distribution Piketty on "merit" Scott Sumner One thing I noticed while reading Thomas Piketty's new book was the topics that were not covered; progressive consumption taxes, Singapore (or indeed any of the 4 Asian "tiger economies"), and the link (if any) between ethnicity and great wealth. In an earlier post I discussed progressive consumption taxes---here I'll... 25 Read More
Jun 26 2014 Economic Growth Don Boudreaux on the Hockey Stick of Human Prosper... Art Carden Don Boudreaux of George Mason University and Cafe Hayek offers a short discussion of the explosion in standards of living over the last few centuries, courtesy of Marginal Revolution University: 1 Read More