Karl Marx’s theories sparked the Russian Revolution in 1917. His communist ideology was foundational to the USSR, and other oppressive regimes, which led to the state murder...
In a recent Substack post, economist Bryan Caplan avers that economic illiteracy, not self-interest, is what drives voters to support restrictive land-use regulations that drive up the...
In her recent apologia for communism, Helen Andrews says that people in the Soviet bloc grew accustomed to being spied upon, rendering it a mere “annoyance at...
I like and admire James Lindsay’s talk. I write as a friendly critic whose exposure to Lindsay has only been some videos and podcasts. I’ve not delved...
Harwood Economic Review Table of Contents The New Deal Revolution Reconsidered: An Introduction George H. Nash The Nightmare Fairyland of the Green New Dealers Richard M. Ebeling...
With seventy times more reserves in the banking system and just under twice the loan volume than when the financial crisis hit, traditional banks seem unable or...
Are historians suffering from political bias? If one consults surveys of political affiliations in academia, one finds that history departments are largely (if not entirely) populated by...
In 2023, our politics and our entertainment have become so blurred that we can hardly distinguish one from the other. As a result, we are inundated by...
“The Soviet model has surely demonstrated that a command economy is capable of mobilizing resources for rapid growth and awesome power,” wrote Paul Samuelson in 1985 in...
There is a big push to implement wealth taxes, partly as a way of raising revenue, but mostly as a punitive measure to reduce inequality. In fact,...