GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of All Time and Why Does it Matter? Even if you have never thought about that question before, now you want to know the answer. Indeed, you may even be set to argue that the given answer is wrong. The GOAT question is the greatest bar argument of all time. Who is the GOAT shortstop? Rock vocalist? American novelist? Greek philosopher?…pick the category, and a lively debate ensues. But, the GOAT economist? You probably have not had that debate. Until now. Pull up a barstool. Tyler Cowen wrote a book using that question as the title. (The book … [Read More...] about Greatest Economist of All Time
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No Creed But the Bible?
“I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance […]
Schaeffer and the Modern Evangelical
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The Coming Crack-Up of the Left
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Roth and Original Sin
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner wrote that line in Sanctuary, published in 1931. In this sense, Philip Roth is Faulkner’s heir. Roth is a strange author to recommend. He writes beautifully, wrestles with deep questions, and his books are quite well described by his own definition of satire: “Satire […]
No Longer at Ease
The last time I read Things Fall Apart, I read the author bio at the back and was quite surprised to discover that the author, Chinua Achebe, had written a sequel. Obviously I had never read the author bio before. I was intrigued by the idea of the sequel. Then I noticed the title: No Longer at […]
Jeeves for President
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