The publication of Carl Menger’s book Principles of Economics in Vienna in 1871 is usually seen as the birth of … Continue reading “Book Review: “The Marginal Revolutionaries. How Austrian Economists fought the War of Ideas” by Janek Wasserman”

George Bush, a New England minister, explained the term ‘caliph’ came from ‘the Hebrew chalaph; to be changed, to succeed, … Continue reading “Caliphs and capitalism”

A political chain reaction was set off in the Arab world in 2010 when Mohammed Bouazizi, a young Tunisian stall-owner, … Continue reading “Islam and free markets: can they co-exist?”