Deirdre McCloskey, author for Le Regard Libre

Author: Deirdre McCloskey

DEIRDRE MCCLOSKEY

Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Deirdre McCloskey holds the Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought at the Cato Institute, Washington D.C.

Economy

A state is not a family

written by Deirdre McCloskey

Dans sa chronique, l’économiste américaine Deirdre McCloskey critique l’illusion de l’Etat-protecteur et montre comment la promesse de sécurité peut miner la liberté des individus.

Economy

Nobel 2025

By Deirdre McCloskey · December 31, 2025

In her column, American economist Deirdre McCloskey explains why, in her view, modern wealth derives less from capital than from the freedom of individuals and the power of ideas.

Policy

French intellectual provincialism

By Deirdre McCloskey · November 29, 2025

In her first column, American economist Deirdre McCloskey criticizes the rigidity of French intellectuals, who are statist and too inward-looking.

Economy

How boring people made us rich

By Deirdre McCloskey · October 18, 2025

The economic success of the West was made possible by the valorization of bourgeois virtues and freedom. They were ignited in 1848. Switzerland is a perfect example.

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