Archive - Economic Principals

It Is What It Is

The war in Ukraine did not have to happen.

Apr 14 •

What Comes Next?

Longevity leads to inattention

Apr 7 •

March 2024

A Doppelgänger for Keynes?

A scientist and culture entrepreneurial in another field whose body of work resembles his.

Mar 31 •

The All-Star Team

What the two economists had in common.

Mar 24 •

The All-Star Team

What the two economists had in common

Mar 24 •

The Tenth Good Book

Milton Friedman’s legacy may not be what you expect, admirers and detractors alike.

Mar 17 •

We avoided a Second Great Depression

Mar 10 •

Further anent Paul Samuelson’s exit from Newsweek

It turns out that Paul Samuelson did submit one more column to Newsweek, after Milton Friedman’s “Open Letter on Grants” -- and the affair unfolded in…

Mar 3 •

Too Good to be True?

Roger Backhouse, Paul Samuelson’s biographer, has kindly suppled a copy of a letter from Paul Samuelson to Newsweek managing Lester Bernstein resigning…

Mar 3 •

When Paul Samuelson Dropped Out

How did those famous Newsweek columns end?

Mar 3 •

February 2024

And Who, You May Wonder, Was Alec Cairncross?

? The exemplary applied economist was also a student of the beginning of things. Milton Friedman was recognized with a Nobel Memorial Prize in 1976, but…

Feb 25 •

The Influencers

To become iconic, Keynes and Friedman needed all the help they could get. It was of different sorts.

Feb 18 •

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