Commentary The influential and highly quotable 20th-century British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote, “Practical men who believe themselves quite exempt from any intellectual influence are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” Keynes’s statement was prophetic in a personal sense, for the ghost of Keynes still haunts the economics profession today. If we substitute the…

I am a lover of essays. Every morning, shortly after dawn, I sit at my laptop, coffee at hand, and explore the internet looking for pieces to read for enjoyment or as a kickoff for an article of my own. On my bookshelves are scores of novels, once also a favorite genre, but over the…