What Do You Resolve for 2026?

A portrait of Henry Hazlitt, along with one of 3,180 gold tokens minted in 1979 to promote Hazlitt’s libertarian stance on monetary policy. Public Domain, CC BY 3.0; Jimkay21 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Commentary

One of the most underrated intellectuals of the 20th century is Henry Hazlitt, author of “Economics in One Lesson” (1946). His career is far more varied than people know. Long before he was writing free-market treatises, he was a working journalist on Wall Street and, later, literary editor of The Nation and then H.L. Mencken’s chosen successor at The American Mercury.