Monthly Archives: June 2009

Animal spirits in public policy

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on June 14, 2009

In the Summer 2009 issue of the Independent Review, Arnold Kling reviews George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller’s new book Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism. Reading his review, one … Continue reading →

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Political classification and economic reductionism

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on June 2, 2009

At Taki’s Magazine E. Christian Kopf writes: As conservatives and right-wingers like Oswald Spengler, Julius Evola, Whittaker Chambers and many others have pointed out for over a century, free marketeers (19th century liberals or modern libertarians) differ from Marxists and … Continue reading →

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