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Who is von der Leyen? Will the EU have a lack of “attitude” and “leadership?”

Is Germany still a reliable partner?

An Evaluation of Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life

Peter Boettke’s new book on F. A. Hayek’s intellectual legacy

Can Restricting Immigration To Protect Culture Be Justified?

An Interview with Alberto Mingardi

November 19, 2017November 19, 2017 Zach SilvermanCurrent Events, Politics, Pop Culture, Uncategorized

Donald Trump… the Scandinavian?

Politics and Chess Politics are often characterized in terms of a chess match, and in chess, the most popular contemporary opening for white is toRead more

November 7, 2017November 8, 2017 Frédéric JollienEurope, Politics, Pop Culture

In the age of information, let’s abolish media reception fees!

    “No human authority can institute truth by decree […] because it transcends human authority.” – Karl Popper, On the sources of knowledge andRead more

October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 Sven SchüttEconomics, Politics

Why is Hawaii not as prosperous as Singapore?

  Why is it that a small country like Singapore, which is not much more than a city-state, outperforms the American economy in terms ofRead more

October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 Casey PenderEconomics, PPE

The Future of Mainline Economics with Professor Peter Boettke

  photo: Peter Boettke receiving PCPE 2011 Cuhel Memorial Prize, from Professor Josef Sima.   We had a busy summer semester here at Cevro, fullRead more

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 Marianna SádeckáEconomics

Monero: An Anonymous Currency’s Possibilities and Its Effect on Financial Systems

  Current  governments have established a financial system they fully control (through monitoring of cash transactions, monitoring bank accounts, etc.). Cryptocurrencies have the ability toRead more

October 10, 2017 Zach SilvermanCurrent Events, Politics, Pop Culture

Speech, Sports, and Society

Constant Controversy For better or for worse, the two worlds of sports and politics have always been intertwined, and for the past few years theRead more

September 11, 2017September 12, 2017 Casey PenderEconomics, PPE

An Interview with Andreas Hoffmann

  I am happy to bring you our most recent ppe.life interview. It is with Dr. Andreas Hoffmann, who was at Cevro in the springRead more

August 27, 2017September 6, 2017 Dominik EšegovičEconomics, Europe, History, Politics, PPE

The Great Beard Tax: Peter’s War on Hipsters

  In June 2017, Peter the Great would have turned 345. If it was only for numerical reasons, this mere fact would provide a greatRead more

August 13, 2017 Zach SilvermanCurrent Events, Philosophy, Politics

The US Political Climate in the Context of Sports

When there is conflict between two sides, there is the unfortunate effect of painting one side as a heroic victor and the other as aRead more

August 9, 2017August 9, 2017 Rok NovakEurope, PPE

An Interview with Dalibor Roháč

  This is the third installment in our series of interviews with professors and lecturers from the Cevro Institute’s PPE MA program. The original interviewRead more

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