The last two years, in which capitalism has suffered one of its periodic shocks, have given John Maynard Keynes a new lease of life. Read more…
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Ludwig von Mises explained how government-induced credit expansions led to imbalances in the economy.
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Read more >>>Arguably the most influential crank in American political history, Thomas Paine the man—as opposed to Thomas Paine the author of hackle-raising tracts such as “Common Sense”—has been all but lost to contemporary memory.
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Read more >>>A German social scientist, political activist and philosopher, Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895) was, along with Karl Marx (1818-1883), the father of Communist theory. He was instrumental in writing of the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital, two of the world’s most influential political manuscripts. Read more…
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Kristine Larsen begins her biography of Stephen Hawking with a central question: how has a theoretical physicist known for “esoteric mathematics” and “the secret language of general relativity” become a cultural icon and the most recognizable scientist in the world? While the author still grapples with the same question by the end of this brief [...]
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