In Retrogress

Bad and disproven economic ideas have an uncanny longevity. While knowledge tends to be cumulative in most intellectual fields, the accumulation of knowledge in economics and finance seems to follow a more cyclical pattern. In this edition of the Harwood Economic Review we examine some recent examples of those, and discuss why ideas akin to…

Harwood Economic Review

Table of Contents

There Is No Such Thing As Student Debt Cancellation
Nicolás Cachanosky 

Mercantilist Follies, Then and Now
Samuel Gregg

4,000 Years of Failed Price Controls
Jonathan Miltimore

Biden’s Impoverishing Americans To Cut Emissions Won’t Even Touch Climate Change
Jon Sanders

After Promoting Lockdowns, UN Advocates Inflationary Policies
Peter C. Earle

The Malthusian Contradiction
Antony Davies