Category Archives: economics

How Not to Criticize Silicon Valley

Posted on January 14, 2019 by mupetblast

Paul Ingrassia at The American Conservative has published a polemic entitled “The Religious Fanaticism of Silicon Valley Elites.” It should be noted that Ingrassia is himself Catholic, so he has no beef with religion per se. Just as the zealous … Continue reading →

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Idol Words

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

There are those who think that Europe’s appalling unemployment problem can be explained by overly rigid labor markets, the spiraling energy costs that greenery has brought in its wake and, of course, the ill-judged introduction of the euro. Pope Francis … Continue reading →

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On Papal Economics

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on Ricochet. Over at City Journal, Guy Sorman has something to say about the pope’s demagogic attack (although he’s too polite to describe it as such) on the free market: In his December apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy … Continue reading →

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Wash, Rinse, Repeat: Argentina’s Latest Crisis

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Under first Nestor, and then Cristina, Kirchner, Argentina has been pursuing an economic policy that, in its suspicion of free markets, distrust of globalization and strong redistributionist vein, reflects a long Argentine tradition that extends far … Continue reading →

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Science and Economics

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on Ricochet: The Guardian: One of Saudi Arabia’s leading conservative clerics has said women who drive risk damaging their ovaries and bearing children with clinical problems, countering activists who are trying to end the Islamic kingdom’s male-only driving rules. … Continue reading →

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Playing an Old Tune?

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: There are times, sadly, when the economic pronouncements of Pope Francis have more than a touch of Juan Perón about them. This may be one of them. “We don´t want this globalized economic system which does … Continue reading →

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Same Old, Same Old

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Andrew Stuttaford

It’s no great secret that the Vatican has never been particularly fond of the idea of free markets, but here is yet more nonsense from Benedict XVI to remind us of just that. The BBC reports on the Pope’s New … Continue reading →

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Leftists Attack “Speculators”

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via The Independent: The G20 was under growing pressure to call an emergency summit on global food prices last night as the Vatican accused grain speculators of “hampering the poorest and neediest… Yesterday the Vatican’s permanent observer at the UN … Continue reading →

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Update to Previous Post

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Bradlaugh

In a very friendly & gentlemanly email, Nick Schulz assures me that his post on the AEI blog was meant as a fun tweak, not a sneer.  My apologies to Nick. After all those columns I’ve written about everyone being … Continue reading →

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Working Hard, Working Smart

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Bradlaugh

Mark Krikorian and I have been singled (doubled?) out for a sneer from AEI’s Nick Schultz. Are our heads exploding (he wants to know) at the news that Mexicans lead the world in “total minutes worked, paid and unpaid, per … Continue reading →

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