Julian Adorney

economic historian, entrepreneur, and fiction writer
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Review of In Defense of Classical Liberalism Nov 22, 2014

In Defense of Classical Liberalism is not for everyone. It will appeal to a very specific audience, but I believe that it will appeal to them very well indeed.

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State Monopolies Aren’t What They Used to Be Nov 21, 2014

New technologies like Peacekeeper challenge the State's monopolies.

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The Dating Market: Anarchy in Action Aug 21, 2014

Dating is anarchy, and thank God.

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Deals Jul 18, 2014

One man struggles to feed his family, and takes the only way out he knows.

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The Arithmetic of Keynesian Stimulus Jul 4, 2014

Does Keynesian economics work? 100 years of tests shows that it does less for our economy than Laissez-Faire.

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Starvation and Military Keynesianism: Lessons from Nazi Germany Jul 4, 2014

Did Keynesianism really turn Nazi Germany's economy around?

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Behavioral Economics and Irrational Voters Jul 4, 2014

Voting, like so many things, is rarely rational. It certainly can't be trusted to give us good--or any--government.

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Killing the Maximum-Wage Myth Jul 4, 2014

Why we don't need--and shouldn't have--a maximum wage.

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Want to Beat Secular Stagnation? Try Laissez-Faire Jul 4, 2014

Economists from Larry Summers to Paul Krugman are discussing the new phenomenon of “secular stagnation,” meaning our economy has entered a period of long-term stagnation due to depressed aggregate demand. They claim we need more government spending to fuel demand and jump-start our economy. But these Keynesian policy prescriptions miss the point, and in fact, similar policies pursued for the past decade are what got us here. Going back even further, they were tried before in the Great Depression. In 1929, the market crashed and the federal government, led first by Hoover and then by FDR, tried to stimulate demand...

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How Federal Financial Student Aid Hurts Struggling Families Jul 4, 2014

Federal student aid, paradoxically, hurts students. Find out why.

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For-Profit vs Non-Profit: An Arbitrary Divide? Jul 4, 2014

Can a for-profit enterprise do as much good as a nonprofit? If so, why shouldn't we donate to them?

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Keynesians: Sleepy? Down a Red Bull Apr 10, 2014

100 years of economic history shows that Keynesian policies just make recessions worse.

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Maximum-Wage Advocates Don’t Understand Who They Want to Regulate Apr 7, 2014

Maximum-wage advocates like to claim that CEOs are lazy, overpaid, and provide no value. The reality is the opposite.

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Why Small Government Reduces Income Inequality Apr 7, 2014

If Progressives are serious about reining in income inequality, they should promote less government, not more.

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Want Peace? Promote Free Trade Apr 7, 2014

Frédéric Bastiat famously claimed that “if goods don’t cross borders, soldiers will." The last several hundreds proved him right.

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Is Liberty on the Rise? Apr 7, 2014

Is Liberty on the Rise? History says yes.

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Free the Poor Apr 7, 2014

Does economic freedom alleviate poverty? The War on Poverty turns 50 this year. It's still no match for the free market.

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