posts tagged as economics history
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April 2020
The oil-price collapse associated with the coronavirus pandemic has elicited political proposals for relief, put forward by some in the upstream industry...
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April 2020
Jason Crawford, the author of the blog The Roots of Progress, joins the show to discuss the conditions that have to lead...
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January 2020
The political world is saying “no” to policies that make energy less available, more expensive, less reliable, and more intrusive. Hyperbole of...
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December 2019
The PTC was intended to be a temporary subsidy for a fledgling industry but has morphed into a massive handout for large...
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November 2019
“More often than not, we tend to overlook our truly spectacular rise from grinding poverty to previously unimaginable abundance. And so, during...
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July 2019
Today we celebrate the 107th anniversary of the birth of economist Milton Friedman (1912–2006). Primarily known for his work on monetary economics,...