Michael Munger

Michael Munger is Professor of Economics at Duke University and Senior Fellow of the American Institute for Economic Research. His degrees are from Davidson College, Washingon University in St. Louis, and Washington University.
Argentina’s Javier Milei and the Separation of Money and State

Argentina’s Javier Milei and the Separation of Money and State

Milei is not actually a fan of dollars, precisely because the US currency is also managed by the politicized discretion of a central bank. His goal seems to be a change in the very economic constitution of Argentina, forcing a permanent separation of money and state.

Minimum Wage Hurts Whom It Claims to Help

Minimum Wage Hurts Whom It Claims to Help

If you care about the people struggling to keep their jobs in a difficult economy, you should oppose raising the minimum wage: it hurts the very people you want to help

Is Capitalism Worth Saving? The Economic Argument for Capitalism

Is Capitalism Worth Saving? The Economic Argument for Capitalism

Any social system must coordinate production and cooperation, and must also implement a system of distribution that participants perceive as sustainable, which often means morally fair. As Nobelist Elinor Ostrom demonstrated, there are many and widely varied social...

How Capitalism Saved Sweden From The Evils of Socialism

How Capitalism Saved Sweden From The Evils of Socialism

Fortunately for its citizens, but unfortunately for those who think Sweden is still socialist, the Swedish government, more or less by universal consensus, turned sharply back toward capitalism beginning in about 1995.

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