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Book Write-Up: Keynes Hayek, by Nicholas Wapshott

Posted on July 23, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

Nicholas Wapshott.  Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics.  New York and London: W.W. Norton and Company, 2011.  See here to buy the book. John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek were economists who profoundly impacted the twentieth century, and … Continue reading →

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Al Gore’s Earth in the Balance 12: Ideological Flexibility

Posted on December 6, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

For my write-up today on Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit, I’ll use as my starting point something that Al Gore says on pages 348-349: “To most of us, the principle sounds unassailable: let the polluter pay.  … Continue reading →

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Bruce Bartlett’s The New American Economy 7: Europe, and Concluding Thoughts

Posted on October 25, 2012 by jamesbradfordpate

I finished Bruce Bartlett’s The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward. In my latest reading, Bartlett continued to promote the Value Added Tax (VAT) as a way for the federal government to raise revenue … Continue reading →

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