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There’s a line in the song “Hotel California” by the Eagles that reminds me of the Brexit...
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by Patrick Noble.
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This lecture was presented at the University of Nottingham on April 4, 2017. Please click on the slides to enlarge them.
On April 3 in...
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Specialisation and trade – David Ricardo versus Frederich List
What Schumpeter called the “Ricardian Vice” was a mode of reasoning in which the required conclusions are buried in the assumptions of an argument....
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