The name of Nobel usually calls to mind Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, and the internationally prestigious prizes that bear his name. But Alfred was only one member of a creative and innovative family who built an industrial empire in prerevolutionary Russia.
What caused the Financial Crisis of 2008? Russ Roberts argues that the underlying cause of the mess was the past bailouts of large financial institutions that allowed these institutions to gamble carelessly because they were effectively using other people's money.
In this collection of thoughtful, hard-hitting essays, Walter Williams takes on the left wing's most sacred cows with provocative insights,... Læs mere
A collection of essays that discusses such issues as the media, immigration, the minimum wage and multiculturalism.
"Williams applies an economic analysis to the problems black Americans have faced in the past and present to show that free-market resource allocation, as opposed to political allocation, is in the best interests of minorities"--Jacket.
In late 1921, then secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover decided to distil from his experiences a coherent understanding of the American experiment he cherished. The result was the... Læs mere