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    January 10, 2021

    The crisis lingers on. One would think, although we are now in an odd world, that abetting, instigating, and applauding an attack on Congress would result in more than a gentle rebuke.  Apparently not.  The wheels of American politics move extremely slowly and the perpetrator of the crime still is hunkered down in the White […]

    Economics / Ciepley, corporations, Kaplan, Milton Friedman, Stigler Center, theory of the firm /

    The Firm, Yet Again

    December 9, 2020

    There is a new eBook published by the Stigler Center which is an offshoot of the Booth Business School at the University of Chicago.  The publication contains a number of short essays either attacking or defending the infamous pronouncements by Milton Friedman on the role of the corporation.  This year, you may recall, is the 50th […]

    Economics / economic theory, history of economics, Lionel Robbins, Skidelsky /

    Historic Perplexity

    December 1, 2020

    A week or so ago I wrote that I was in the midst of reading Robert Skidelsky’s book “What’s Wrong With Economics”.  His account is complete and balanced, he clearly has a great deal of respect for the discipline, but his critique is well worthwhile the time it takes to read.  At the end the […]

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