Austrian-born economist Friedrich Hayek was noted for his criticisms of the Keynesian welfare state and of totalitarian socialism which was…
John Maynard Keynes was raised by a family of academics to be an academic. The son of economist John Neville…
Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life by Nicholas Phillipson is a deeply probing historical biography. This book plunges into the depths of…
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution includes two generative components: mutation and natural selection. Mutation generates genetic variants and hence phenotypes;…
"Abolish all private property!" This admonishment came in the middle of the 19th century from the founder of communism, Karl…
He had shown that an extraordinary mind could overcome mental illness, but a few days ago the acclaimed American mathematician,…
Simply Charly, as well as the world of academia, have lost a friend, colleague, and influential economist on May 8…
The author of what is widely considered to be “the Bible of capitalism,” Adam Smith (1723–1790) was a Scottish philosopher and economist…
By re-examining Adam Smith’s theories as they were originally articulated, Gavin Kennedy, Emeritus Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, aims at nothing…
Although he died over 70 years ago, the ideas of British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) remain relevant to this…