Joseph Stiglitz: Can Free Trade Go Too Far?

Continuing our series on prominent economists from the Industrial Revolution to AI, drawing liberally on the impressive accomplishment of John Cassidy’s Capitalism and its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI (John Cassidy, Farrar, Strauss and... read more +

RIP Adam Smith

Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, 5 June1732.  Died in Edinburgh July 17, 1790 at age 67. Had he lived to today he would have been 293.

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The Rule of Law

I don’t know what role, if any, a deity might play in your life, but on my exceptionally short list of immanent beliefs worthy of worship is The Rule of Law: In a nutshell, “no one is above/all are equal before the law.” Its pedigree goes back in human history, way...

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