In this extract of an interview with John O’Sullivan, F. A. Hayek discusses the Great Depression and the influence of … Continue reading “Hayek on Keynes”

I am now on a 40,000 kilometre round trip to present a paper that will last but a single hour. … Continue reading “Speaking of Say’s Law”

Six weeks before he died in late April 1946, Keynes was visited by Hayek, who told me the conversation went … Continue reading “Intellectuals and Society, by Thomas Sowell”

I recently had a discussion with a commissioning editor of an academic publishing house who informed me that any new … Continue reading “Profiting from capitalism”

To die at 94, still compos mentis, still engaged in the economic debate, is astonishing. Some people seem to be … Continue reading “A note on Paul Samuelson”

The left, we might think, has had a bad time of it intellectually over the last 15 years: socialism has … Continue reading “A guide to modern lefties”

Peter Clarke was Professor of Modern British History at Cambridge and is the author of one of the leading texts … Continue reading “Winston Churchill and the financial crisis”

I approached SuperFreakonomics with great hope but also mild trepidation. The great hope was that Levitt and Dubner had pulled … Continue reading “John Blundell reviews SuperFreakonomics”

What is one to make of this report? BEIJING, Nov 18 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning … Continue reading “A presidential reality check”