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Category Archives: History
Book Review: Living Economics
Peter Boettke is an economist out of George Mason University and he specializes in the history of economic thought and institutional economics. Boettke was lucky enough to study under many notable economists, such as James Buchanan, Israel Kirzner, Gordon Tullock, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, History, New Institutional, Political Economy, Reading
Tagged Austrian, Boettke, book review
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Book Review: Structure and Change in Economic History
For economic historians, the ability to write well comes almost as second nature. For Douglass C. North, the author and Nobel winning economist behind Structure and Change in Economic History, this is no exception. Published in 1981, Structure and Change in … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, History, New Institutional, North, Reading, Theory
Tagged book review
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Economics Travelogue #4
The first speaker encountered at the KFP seminar was Donald Critchlow, a prestigious professor who has taught at SLU, Notre Dame, ASU (currently); founded the Journal of Policy History (published by Cambridge), and is the director for the Center for … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, History, Philosophy, Travelogue
Tagged Mary Washington University, Seminar, Travelling
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History Through the Western Canon
The Truth is rarely pure, and never simple – Oscar Wilde can· on noun \ˈka-nən\ a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged. Human progress has been a constant stream of oppression, struggle, death, and finally, … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, History, Media, Politics
Tagged Academia, Africa, Aid, Charity, Christianity, Colonialism, Corporatations, corruption, EU, Foreign Policy, government, Humanitarian, Imperialism, Intervention, Interventionism, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Mass Media, media control, Middle East, nationalism, News, Noam Chomsky, Palestine, politics, Racism, Reporting, revolution, Terrorism, United Nations, United States, War
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The Prometheus of Genesis
Wrote this for school, we had to choose a story from genesis to interpret ourselves and find an alternative meaning. This is mine. As usual, any criticism is welcomed: The Interpretations The orthodox interpretation of the Tower of Babylon … Continue reading
Posted in Classics, History, Literature, Mythology, Religion
Tagged Advanced Placement, Analysis, English, Essays, Greeks, History, Interpretations, Literature, Literature and Composition, Mythology, Original, Prometheus, Writing
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