Not so long ago, when the dollar was “as good as gold” and so were many other currencies, economists spoke…
Mori Arinori of Japan (1847-1889) began his service as Japan’s first ambassador to the United States when he was just…
By the time Commodore Matthew Perry sailed his fleet of American gunboats into the harbor of Edo (now Tokyo) in…
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC—I am in one of my favorite cities this weekend to deliver a speech at European Students for…
In the early 1830s, the French political philosopher and historian Alexis de Tocqueville toured America. He compiled his observations in…
My years of teaching college-level economics courses at Northwood University in Midland, Michigan (from 1977-1984) are among the most memorable…
A typical head of state craves pomp and circumstance, especially if he’s at the center of it. If others (such…
What conclusions might you draw from the following statistics? At about 1,000 people per square mile, the population densities of…
Chicken Kiev may be a popular dish but as the world has learned in recent days, the word “chicken” does…
The greatest “Renaissance Man” of the 15th Century was indisputably Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). His interests encompassed painting, engineering, architecture,…
February is the month in which Anders Chydenius was born (1729) as well as the month in which he died…
The world’s top athletes in 1936 wrestled with a moral conundrum: “Should I compete in the Olympics or make a…
Books of quotations are ubiquitous. What home does not have at least one or two? Some are dull and uninspiring.…
Less than nine months before the much-anticipated US midterm elections, it’s not too soon to ask an old question: Is…
George Washington—surveyor, farmer, soldier, and statesman—never thought of himself as an economist but experience taught him a great deal about…