Mani Basharzad

Mani Basharzad is an economic journalist with works published by the Adam Smith Institute and the Mises Institute, with interviews covered by global think tanks like the Cato Institute. His research focuses on liberal development economics and Hayek’s Abuse of Reason project. He also hosts the Humanomics podcast.

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6/24/25

Should Economists Rule the World?

What would a world ruled by economists look like? Paul Krugman thinks that in such a world, there would be no need for the World Trade Organization, because all countries […]
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5/1/25

Science and Liberty: Social Physics from Comte to Samuelson

In his 1933 lecture at the London School of Economics titled The Trend of Economic Thinking, Frederich Hayek identified a shift in economic thought toward planning and interventionism. He argued […]
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4/16/25

The Root of Totalitarianism is Social Engineering

Isaiah Berlin and Friedrich Hayek were both knights of classical liberalism in the twentieth century — an age dominated by statism. Scholarly work has often focused on the differences in […]
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4/2/25

École Polytechnique: How the French Enlightenment School Gave Us Both Progress and Scientism

The French Enlightenment is often referred to as the Age of Reason. This period produced some of humanity’s greatest natural scientists, including Antoine Lavoisier, the pioneer of modern chemistry; Joseph-Louis […]