More Fluff From the Economic Establishment

More Fluff From the Economic Establishment
President Joe Biden arrives for a virtual meeting in Washington on Aug. 11, 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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One of my pet peeves about the economics profession is how often economists decline to speak truth to power. Any economist worth his salt should have a robust understanding and healthy respect for the unique and oh-so-very important functions of free markets.
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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