September 2019 marks 70 years since the appearance of Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, one of …
Global economic freedom down slightly—The Bahamas ranks 58 among 162 jurisdictions
September 12, 2019 Nassau, New Providence—The Bahamas ranks 58 out of 162 countries and territories included in the Economic Freedom …
Shifting Sands in the way We Spend Money
by Richard Coulson I have been reading about a new Sand Dollar — not the physical sea urchin, but an …
Reflections on Indian democracy
The claim that Modi’s victory will create a populist authoritarian regime is maladroit by Deepak Lal In 1990, the American …
Another fallacy about capitalism: Coercive monopolies
I recently attended a talk about innovation by a well-known former CEO of a successful Canadian company. His remarks were …
The New Bahamas: No Time for Nostalgia
Whenever I look at a map of the Caribbean, I am astonished at the size of our country: an archipelago …
Presenting Professor Ben Powell on Free Trade in Labor: An Economic Case for Unrestricted Migration
Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 6:30pm, Harry C. Moore Library Lecture Hall, University of The Bahamas The Nassau Institute & Templeton …
Is Amazon “fleecing the taxpayers”?
by Jaana Woiceshyn In a recent Financial Post column, Lawrence Solomon accused Amazon for “fleecing the taxpayers” through its lobbying …
Political Contests Are Between Competing Socialisms
Summary We are already in the 2020 presidential election cycle, with the results of the last congressional voting only a …