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.