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May 15, 2023
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When Milton Friedman Met Pinochet
Chicago economists had free rein in Chile. The country is still recovering.
June 6, 2019
The Labor Movement’s Newest Warriors: Grad Students
They teach classes. They grade papers. They get paid. And yet, private universities insist they're not workers.
August 25, 2016
The University of Chicago is attacking academic freedom.
November 16, 2012
Hayek, Friedman, and the Illusions of Conservative Economics
September 28, 2012
What Cutting Medicaid Means: A Personal Story
September 10, 2012
The Man Who Took on the Wall Street Blob
July 30, 2012
Was This the Most Dangerous Film in American History?
May 31, 2012
Romney, MS, and the Stakes of the Campaign
May 4, 2012
More About Broccoli (and Liberty)
March 14, 2012
The Big Split
January 31, 2012
Dismal Scientists Vs. Credulous Public
January 4, 2012
The Playful Modernist Ceramics of an American Master
December 9, 2011
Hey Newt! Poor Kids Already Are Familiar With the Virtues of Work—And It’s Because Of You
November 9, 2011
The Two Year Window
The new science of babies and brains—and how it could revolutionize the fight against poverty.
November 4, 2011
Why are John Mearsheimer and Richard Falk Endorsing a Blatantly Anti-Semitic Book?
October 20, 2011
McArdle: Inequality Is So Five Minutes Ago
October 17, 2011
A Setback for Obamacare? Or Vindication? How About Both
August 9, 2011
Is Acceptance of Homosexuality Inevitable? What the Czech Republic Tells Us.
July 13, 2011
What if the Right and the Left Are Both Wrong About Why the Economic Recovery Is So Slow? A New Theory.
June 9, 2011
Obama’s Law

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