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Authoritative sources and quotes to counter economic fallacies with facts.
Aristotle
event 384 BC - 2026
Ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and polymath who founded the study of formal logic and identified key logical fallacies
View ProfileAzpilcueta, Martín de
event 1492 - 1586
Canon lawyer and theologian from Navarre, known as Doctor Navarrus, one of the most celebrated jurists of the 16th century. His Comentario Resoluto...
Bastiat, Frédéric
event 1801 - 1850
French economist, writer and prominent member of the French liberal school
View ProfileThe Bible
The sacred scripture of Judaism and Christianity, comprising the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Its ethical and legal texts — including the Te...
View ProfileBrague, Rémi
event Born 1947
French philosopher, member of the Académie française, specialist in medieval philosophy and the philosophy of culture; known for his analysis of Eu...
Cantillon, Richard
event 1665 - 1734
Irish-French economist and author of Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général, pioneer in economic theory
View ProfileConstant, Benjamin
event 1767 - 1830
Swiss-French political thinker, writer, and politician, key figure in classical liberalism and defender of individual liberty
Deutsch, David
event Born 1953
British physicist and pioneer in quantum computation, known for his work on the theory of knowledge and optimism
View ProfileFriedman, Milton
event 1912 - 2006
American economist and statistician, Nobel laureate in Economics (1976), leading advocate of free-market capitalism and monetarism
Hayek, Friedrich
event 1899 - 1992
Austrian-British economist and philosopher, Nobel laureate in Economics (1974), key figure in Austrian School of economics
Hazlitt, Henry
event 1894 - 1993
American journalist, economist and author, famous for Economics in One Lesson, advocate of the Austrian School
Hoppe, Hans-Hermann
event Born 1949
German-American economist and political theorist, student of Murray Rothbard, known for his work on private property and anarcho-capitalism
Hülsmann, Jörg Guido
event Born 1966
German economist and Professor at the University of Angers, specialist in Austrian economics and monetary theory
Jevons, William Stanley
event 1835 - 1882
English economist and logician, pioneer of the marginal utility theory and author of The Coal Question, in which he identified the paradox of incre...
View ProfileKahneman, Daniel
event 1934 - 2024
Israeli-American psychologist and economist, Nobel laureate in Economics (2002), pioneer in behavioral economics and cognitive biases
Keynes, John Maynard
event 1883 - 1946
British economist whose ideas fundamentally changed macroeconomics, known for advocating government intervention during economic downturns
Kirk, Charlie
event Born 1993
American conservative activist, founder of Turning Point USA, advocate for free markets and limited government
de La Boétie, Étienne
event 1530 - 1563
French political philosopher and magistrate, author of the foundational text on voluntary servitude and the withdrawal of consent as the means of d...
Laffer, Arthur
event Born 1940
American economist, creator of the Laffer Curve, influential in supply-side economics and tax policy
Locke, John
event 1632 - 1704
English philosopher and physician, key figure of the Enlightenment, foundational thinker on natural rights and government by consent
View ProfileMalraux, André
event 1901 - 1976
French novelist, art theorist, adventurer, and statesman, author of Man's Fate (1933), and Minister of Cultural Affairs under de Gaulle. In 1956 he...
Mariana, Juan de
event 1536 - 1624
Jesuit historian and political theorist at Toledo, author of De Rege et Regis Institutione (1599). Mariana argued that political sovereignty derive...
Menger, Carl
event 1840 - 1921
Austrian economist and founder of the Austrian School of Economics, pioneer of marginal utility theory and subjective value theory
von Mises, Ludwig
event 1881 - 1973
Austrian-American economist, founder of the Austrian School of economics, known for his work on economic calculation and praxeology
Molina, Luis de
event 1535 - 1600
Jesuit theologian and one of the most systematic economic thinkers of the School of Salamanca. In De Iustitia et Iure (1593), Molina articulated a ...
Montesquieu, Charles-Louis
event 1689 - 1755
French political philosopher, famous for his theory of separation of powers, major influence on constitutional thought
Nakamoto, Satoshi
event Born 1970s?
Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Published the Bitcoin whitepaper in 2008 and mined the genesis block in 20...
Nozick, Robert
event 1938 - 2002
American philosopher, author of Anarchy, State, and Utopia, key defender of libertarian political philosophy and the minimal state
Oresme, Nicole
event 1320 - 1382
French philosopher and economist, bishop of Lisieux, early critic of currency debasement and pioneer in economic thought
Popper, Karl
event 1902 - 1992
Austrian-British philosopher of science, known for his work on falsificationism and his critique of totalitarianism in The Open Society
Rand, Ayn
event 1905 - 1982
Russian-American writer and philosopher, founder of Objectivism, defender of rational egoism and laissez-faire capitalism
View ProfileRead, Leonard
event 1898 - 1983
American libertarian philosopher and author, founder of the Foundation for Economic Education, famous for his essay 'I, Pencil'
Renan, Ernest
event 1823 - 1892
French philologist, philosopher, and historian of religion, known for his seminal works on early Christianity and his 1883 lecture Islam and Scienc...
Rockwell, Norman
event 1894 - 1978
American painter and illustrator, famous for depicting American life and values, created the Four Freedoms series
View ProfileRothbard, Murray
event 1926 - 1995
American economist and political theorist, leading figure in the Austrian School and anarcho-capitalism, founder of modern libertarianism
Smith, Adam
event 1723 - 1790
Scottish economist and philosopher, father of modern economics, author of The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Soto, Domingo de
event 1494 - 1560
Dominican friar, confessor to Emperor Charles V, and professor at the University of Salamanca. His monumental De Iustitia et Iure (1553) is a found...
Sowell, Thomas
event Born 1930
American economist, social theorist and senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, known for his work in economic theory and social policy
View ProfileTocqueville, Alexis de
event 1805 - 1859
French political philosopher and historian, author of Democracy in America (1835-1840), renowned for his analysis of American democracy and warning...
Vitoria, Francisco de
event 1483 - 1546
Dominican friar and theologian at the University of Salamanca, widely regarded as the founder of international law and a pioneer of natural rights ...