This is my second blogpost excerpting from Henry Hazlitt’s modern classic, Economics in One Lesson. The topic, which followed shortly after that which I cited last time, is one that should be familiar to anyone with at least a smattering of reading in, or a lecture on, basic economics, regardless of which school of thought […]
“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, […]
“Price-fixing always does harm and it is never a cure for inflation.” — Hazlitt & Wesbury In May 1972, the first issue of Imprimis featured an article (“The Dangers of Price Controls”) by Henry Hazlitt, the noted author/journalist on matters of business and economics. The Federal Reserve had been printing a lot of money to […]