James Hartley

James Hartley is Professor of Economics at Mount Holyoke College. A California native, he earned his B.A., M.A, and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Davis. His publications include The Representative Agent in Macroeconomics, Real Business Cycles: A Reader (co-edited with Kevin Hoover and Kevin Salyer), and Mary Lyon: Documents and Writings.

Who Are (or Were?) the Woke? 

The promised 'racial reckoning' was mostly elite white liberals trying to amass more power, Musa al-Gharbi's new book reveals.

Who Are (or Were?) the Woke? 

The Religious Idiocy of ‘Limitarianism’

"To pretend that you can have all the riches of the modern world and eliminate the ability for anyone to become wealthy is a sure sign of someone who has…

The Religious Idiocy of ‘Limitarianism’

The Religious Idiocy of ‘Limitarianism’

"To pretend that you can have all the riches of the modern world and eliminate the ability for anyone to become wealthy is a sure sign of someone who has…

The Religious Idiocy of ‘Limitarianism’

To End Poverty, Admire the Rich

"If you care about poverty, then you should encourage positive views about high levels of wealth. A country with people who think positively about the wealthy is more likely to…

To End Poverty, Admire the Rich

Whither the American Dream? 

"While the American dream was in its ascendancy, the Democratic left splintered, creating two factions which helped kill the American dream." ~Ryan Bourne

Whither the American Dream? 

Who is the Greatest Economist of All Time?

"No matter what your specialization, whether in economics or in any other field, Cowen has written a book which is trying to convince you to break out of your specialization…

Who is the Greatest Economist of All Time?

The Coming Crack-Up of the Left: Yascha Mounk’s ‘The Identity Trap: A Story of Power and Ideas in Our Time’

"The threat to the identity synthesis, and the main targets of its proponents, are the old-fashioned liberals, whether they fall on the right or the left of the political spectrum."…

The Coming Crack-Up of the Left: Yascha Mounk’s ‘The Identity Trap: A Story of Power and Ideas in Our Time’