MKO: A capsule of humanity
MKO Abiola is a story about humanity. In remembering him this week, we cannot but notice that in one man and in...
Karl Marx: The philosopher king
Karl Marx is our unforgettable today.
He was an activist, economist, journalist, writer and philosopher. Just like Christianity is...
Joseph Schumpeter: The illuminator of modernity
Of himself, Joseph Schumpeter is reported to have said that “my ambition was to be the greatest lover in Vienna, the greatest...
David Ricardo: Accidental Father of Marxism
One very popular idea for which David Ricardo is given rather little credit in general education is his position on international trade....
Alfred Marshall: The refounder of economics studies (2)
For Alfred Marshall, there is an inseparable and complex connection between cost of production, supply, demand and price elasticity.
Milton Friedman: Father of shareholder theory
Milton Friedman was an American-born economist, public intellectual, political affairs commentator and Nobel Prize winner.
By Anthony Kila
Arthur Cecil Pigou: The Welfare Economist
More than anyone, it was Arthur Cecil Pigou that first articulated the marshallian notion of externalities in economics and politics and with...
John Maynard Keynes: The master economist (1)
John Maynard Keynes with his understanding of history and mathematics combined with his capability to contemplate the particular, in terms of the...
John Maynard Keynes: The master economist (2)
For John Maynard Keynes, there is no point fixating on balancing the budget today in order to avoid possible deficit in the...
David Hume: The illuminator
David Hume also made it clear that there can be no political freedom without economic freedom, for he truly believed and noted...
