I first encountered the idea of opportunity costs when I read Frédéric Bastiat’s “That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen”(1), an absolute must read for all students for economics or law. Bastiat brilliantly dismantles the idea of what he calls “The Broken Window Fallacy”(2): the idea that the destruction of a window […]
I had the pleasure to talk to Stephen Kent from the Young Voices podcast about the rise of the far-right in Europe and the results of the first-round vote in the French presidential election. One of the topics was the “European populists aren’t conservative, they’re faux-right” op-ed I co-authored with Young Voices executive director Casey […]
My friend and fellow SFL’er Rob Duffy launched his own podcast Conversations with Rob, on which I had the pleasure to appear. Please like the Facebook page here and follow the Twitter account here!
This article was first published by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). When asked how expensive a pack of cigarettes should be in order to reduce the general consumption of tobacco, French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron responded, “I believe that €10 is an adequate price. I am ready for that.”
This article was written together with Young Voices executive director Casey Given. The original was published in the Washington Examiner. At first glance, conservatives might view the rise of Europe’s far-right like a refreshing counterbalance to years of socialism run amok. In truth, these reactionary parties endorse eerily similar economic policies as the left-wing they […]
This article was first published by Freedom Today. There’s only one more week to go until the first round of the French presidential election. With five major candidates and a total number of 11 running in this race, not only seems there to be diversity in the field, the continuous scandals make the run for […]
In a constitutional referendum on Sunday, the Turks overwhelmingly decided to make Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the incumbent president, a permanent dictator. That’s at least is the impression one gets when scrolling the headlines this morning. Does Turkey have a problem with authoritarian governing? Absolutely. Are the changes made in this referendum constitutionally worrying? Not really.
This article was first published by The American Conservative. In September, Germans will head to the polls to elect a new parliament. One of the parties expected to enter the Bundestag for the very first time is the Alternative für Deutschland (or Alternative for Germany). Over the course of two years, as AfD has transitioned […]
This article was first published by Freedom Today. The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg is among the few countries in Europa that allows assisted suicide and euthanasia. The history behind this radical pro-freedom of agenda is intriguingly interesting.
This article was first published by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and can be found here. In the desperate-looking effort to make the European Union look appealing following the United Kingdom triggering Article 50 (which starts the process of the UK leaving the Union), many different statements about the EU are re-surfacing. A prominent […]
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