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“The AIER Leading Indicators Index fell farther below neutral in September, approaching the levels at the start of some prior recessions and signaling sharply elevated levels of risk for the outlook.” ~ Robert Hughes

"These things happen, but they happen a lot to UK financial regulators, and Governor Bailey himself has presided over a good number of regulatory fiascos. In short, the crisis confirms that UK financial regulation is not…

“Even the tyrant never rules by force alone,” wrote G.

"Economic literacy can create positive change, as it shapes our decisions and opens our minds. Here’s hoping this short book finds its way into many hands for years to come." ~ David Waugh

The day was picture-perfect; I was entranced by Rand’s The Fountainhead, my brother by Shakespeare’s Coriolanus.

"Like the Chinese communists, Lewis sees no need for every family to cook, wash clothes, and raise children. For the Chinese, instead of paradise, the outcome was the worst man-made famine in history." ~ Barry Brownstein

In 1974, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (colloquially known as the Nobel Prize in economics) was awarded to Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek.

When new British Prime Minister Liz Truss suggested lowering the United Kingdom's highest tax rate from 45% to 40%, along with a 1% reduction in the income tax rate for all taxpayers, the bond markets and the central…

"Empowering the home government today to use trade policy to protect against unfortunate commercial entanglements in the future raises the prospect of failure by the home government." ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

"If people make improvements to unused public land without legal title for their activity, have they earned a claim to that property through their labor on it?" ~ Daniel Betti