Capitalism and Freedom

Eric Maskin offers a comprehensive insight into financial crisis from the perspective of the economic theory ( link )

This year's Nobel prize in economics goes to Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson ( link ). Elinor Ostrom received the prize for her a...

Robert Barro and Charles Redlick wrote an op-ed in WSJ ( link ) on their original paper ( link ) where they discuss the macroeconomic effect...

Gary Becker ( link ) and Richard Posner ( link ) opened a discussion on how unions influence policymaking decision. Recently, president Obam...

In the recent edition of WSJ, Arthur Laffer highlighted ( link ) how mismanaged fiscal policy during Hoover and Roosevelt administration led...

Recently released data from OECD Economic Outlook ( link ) suggest that the recessionary period is likely ending as the output in world'...

The World Bank has recently released the latest Doing Business 2010 report, measuring the level of business and economic regulation around t...

Words of wisdom from Gary Becker ( link ) on the prospects of recovery, unemployment figures and productivity outlook.

The OECD has released The Economic Survey of Iceland 2009 ( link ), discussing the origins of the banking crisis that eventually led to the ...

Here's a short brief ( link ) by The Economist on effective tax rates around the world. At a stunning 55 percent effective tax rate on a...

Pierre Bessard of the Liberales Institut in Switzerland, makes the case in NY Times ( link ) why financial privacy shouldn't be infringe...

Earlier today, I read Steve Forbes's discussion ( link ) of recent antitrust reaction to the announced Yahoo-Microsoft search-engine glo...

Hans Werner Sinn recently wrote a piece in WSJ discussing anemic growth prospects of the German economy ( link ). The German economy is expe...

Douglas J. Elliott of the Brookings Institution compares the impact of this year's recession in the U.S and Germany ( link ): "Equa...

A study by June O'Neill and Dave M. O'Neill ( link ) suggests that the U.S health care system provides more choice, efficiency, bett...

David Cutler, Ed Glaeser and Jesse Shapiro provide the evidence of high rates of obesity in the United States ( link ): "Americans have...

The OECD has recently published Economic surveys of Greece ( link ) and Mexico ( link )

Milton Friedman died on November 16th 2006. July 31st remarks his birthday and an opportunity to reflect his profound legacy of economic thi...

Chris Edwards, an economist at the Cato Institute, reports that Tim Horton's (Canada's "Starbucks") is moving its headquar...

World Economic Forum recently published its annual report on enabling trade around the world ( link ). The report estimated broader openness...