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Economics in One Lesson

Published on February 8, 2026 By sirrahc

“Henry Hazlitt’s explanation of how a price system works is a true classic: timeless, correct, painlessly instructive.” — Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences Economics in One Lesson is the title of a book by Henry Hazlitt, who some consider to be “arguably the greatest economic journalist of the 20th century.” Though largely self-taught, […]

Free Markets vs Government Intervention: A Freedomnomical Epilogue

Published on October 3, 2010 By sirrahc

Consider this a “bookend” post, following up on some of the sentiments from my series on Jews and Liberalism — particularly the “Jewish Freedom and the Free Market” post of the other day. It comes primarily from the final ‘Parting Thoughts’ chapter of economist John R. Lott, Jr.’s book Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works […]