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- Abraham LincolnDiscover Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia, where President Abraham Lincoln spent 4 nights personally overseeing a Union campaign to capture the city of Norfolk from the Confederacy during the…
- Alexander HamiltonIn two essays published in a New York newspaper in 1788, Alexander Hamilton defended the impeachment mechanism outlined in the yet to be ratified U.S. Constitution proposed at the Constitutional…
- Artificial IntelligenceOpenAI’s debuting of ChatGPT sparked a buzz around generative artificial intelligence (AI) and optimism that AI may soon transform the way we live and work. So are we on the cusp of an AI industrial…
- Benjamin FranklinLearn how Benjamin Franklin encouraged Englishman Thomas Paine to emigrant to the American colonies, where Paine would later author Common Sense, a revolutionary pamphlet advocating American…
- BrexitWhy The Conservative Stance On Immigration Made A Hard Brexit Inevitable
- Central BankingWhat are central banks? What challenges are they currently facing? And how should they address these challenges? Find the perspectives of our world-leading experts below.
- Cryptocurrencies, NFTs, & BlockchainAfter a crash in 2022 & a rally to new highs in 2024/5, what’s next for Bitcoin? And are there use cases for NFTs and the underlying blockchain technology?
- Demographic Change & Its Economic and Social ConsequencesFor decades, analysts were concerned that the world was heading towards an overpopulation that could lead to environmental collapse and resource conflicts. But today, demographers and economists are…
- EurozoneWhat have we learned from the Euro crisis? And how has the currency union developed since then? Find the perspectives of world-leading experts below.
- FortsCastillo San Cristóbal is a fortress located in Old San Juan, a district within the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico that is home to many of the city’s most historic sites.
- Friedrich HayekIn 1974, as the world economy suffered a severe bout of stagflation, Friedrich Hayek was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. In his Nobel acceptance speech entitled The Pretence of Knowledge, he…
- Government Debt & TaxationBallooning government budget deficits & debts have some financial analysts worried. How concerned should we be and what should be done about it? Find the perspectives of world-leading thinkers on…
- Ha-Joon ChangChang (2014) argues that, contrary to the views of Lionel Robbins and “economic imperalists”, economics should be defined, not as the application of a particular methodology, but rather by its…
- History of Economic ThoughtRoger Backhouse On Robbins, Keynes, Samuelson, & The Relationship Between Economics And The Other Social Sciences
- Impeachment of a Federal Official in the United StatesLearn about the impeachment process, how a president may be banned for life from holding the office again, and which presidents have been impeached.
- Inflation (2021 - Present)What caused the 2021-present spike in inflation? How long will it last? And what does it mean for the way central banks conduct monetary policy? Find the perspectives of leading economists & central…
- James MadisonLearn about Alexander Hamilton’s plan for a Bank of the United States, opposition to the plan from Thomas Jefferson & James Madison, and how Hamilton articulated the doctrine of implied powers under…
- Jefferson DavisLearn about the Richmond, Virginia building used as an executive residence by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
- John Maynard KeynesIn 1930, as the world was in the grip of the Great Depression and the widespread scarcity it produced, John Maynard Keynes published an essay which prophesized about a coming age of abundance.…
- John Stuart MillIn an 1829 or 1830 essay entitled On the Definition of Political Economy and Method of Investigation Proper to It, John Stuart Mill articulates his views on what political economy is and how…
- Lionel RobbinsIn 1923, Lion Robbins graduated with a B.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE). In 1925 he took up a position at the LSE and went on to hold the Chair in Political Economy at…
- Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman was a University of Chicago economist most remembered for challenging Keynesianism, advancing monetarist economic thought, promoting free market economics, and having served as an…
- Political & Economic IntegrationThe below articles deal with the history of and theories about political and economic integration between regions and countries.
- Puerto RicoCastillo San Cristóbal is a fortress located in Old San Juan, a district within the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico that is home to many of the city’s most historic sites.
- The State of Democracy2024 was the biggest voting year in history with over 60 countries holding an election. But many are worried about institutional decay and democratic decline. So how concerned should we be? Find the…
- Thomas JeffersonLearn about Alexander Hamilton’s plan for a Bank of the United States, opposition to the plan from Thomas Jefferson & James Madison, and how Hamilton articulated the doctrine of implied powers under…
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- William Stanley JevonsA timeline of William Stanley Jevons’ life, work, and ideas.
- Work From Home & Office Real EstateCovid lockdowns changed the way we live & work. Now that work from home has become prevalent, what becomes of office real estate? And what are the consequences for city’s property tax revenues…