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John V.C. Nye

John V.C. Nye, a professor at George Mason University, is the holder of the Frederic Bastiat Chair in Political Economy at the Mercatus Center.

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College Admissions

Make School Hard Again

Grade inflation needs to stop.

John V.C. Nye | 5.26.2019 6:00 AM

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Income inequality

Your Neighbor's Fancy Car Should Make You Feel Better About Income Inequality

John V.C. Nye | 6.18.2017 6:00 AM

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Politics

Nobelist Douglass North Taught Us Institutions Matter Most

Nobel-winning economist, one of the most influential thinkers of his generation, dies aged 95.

John V.C. Nye | 11.25.2015 11:15 AM

Economics

Institutional Support

John V.C. Nye | 3.1.2000 12:00 AM

Politics

The Advantages of Ownership

John V.C. Nye | 1.1.1999 12:00 AM

Politics

Yesterday's Tomorrows: 1968-1998

Books that got the future right--and wrong

Walter Anderson, Ronald Bailey, Gregory Benford, K. Drexler, Charles Paul Freund, Michael Fumento, Steven Hayward, Charles Murray, John V.C. Nye, Walter Olson, Randal O'Toole, John Pitney, Robert Poole, Virginia Postrel, Adam Powell III, John Reed, and Lynn Scarlett | 12.1.1998 12:00 AM

Politics

Managing Trade's History

John V.C. Nye | 2.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Trade: No Trade, No Gain

Opposing trade means opposing innovation.

John V.C. Nye | 5.1.1996 12:00 AM

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