Joakim Book
Returns to College Investments: Requiem for a Financial Dream
It’s really not a simple task to figure out if college is “worth it” — financially speaking or even personally. Some obvious empirical problems in calculating the returns on a […]
‘One From the Many’: Meissner’s Economic History Shines—Until It Doesn’t
The most important thing a book on the economic history of the world must emphasize, again and again, is the incredible, unbelievable, unrivaled improvement in the standard of living since […]
Golden Hiccups in our Modern Financial System
Last time this much gold crossed the Atlantic, the French were repatriating their gold reserves from New York — in the 1960s, a few years before the gold-based Bretton Woods […]
Can Behavioral Economics Explain America’s Gun Violence Epidemic?
In the 2022 BBC show Inside Man, Stanley Tucci’s character (Jefferson Grieff), an inmate on death row, says something dramatic about murder: “There are moments that make murderers of us […]
The Nvidia Way: How Nvidia Became the Most Valuable Company in History
Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company out of the blue — almost. Adding trillions to its market capitalization within just a few months in the spring of 2024, its […]
Benjamin Graham and How to Invest Like a Legend
I learned stock analysis and financial accounting from an online nym called “Lundaluppen.” It was the early 2010s, blogging was all the rage, interest rates were crashing toward zero, and […]
Public Goods in a Free Society
“Even under this supposed solution to a market failure, we’re getting less public goods than we get shafted for. Like many other well-intentioned public finance policies, in time they turn into pure money grabs.” ~Joakim Book
Erik Angner’s Defense of Our Dismal Discipline
“The conversational tone is excellent for the wide audience he intends — those skeptical of economists and economics — and it’s easy enough to follow along his clear prose even for those without prior training in our arcane arts. ” ~Joakim Book
Erik Angner’s Defense of Our Dismal Discipline
“The conversational tone is excellent for the wide audience he intends — those skeptical of economists and economics — and it’s easy enough to follow along his clear prose even for those without prior training in our arcane arts. ” ~Joakim Book
The Virtues of Social Market Order: Review of ‘Abundance, Generosity, and the State’
“Goods and services received gratuitously are not the same as those obtained as a right, especially when governments have extorted tax-‘payers’ at the point of a gun.” ~Joakim Book
