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Alex J. Pollock

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Alex J. Pollock is a senior fellow at the Mises Institute, the author of Finance and Philosophy—Why We’re Always Surprised, and co-author of Surprised Again! His work is available at alexjpollock.com.

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The Sound of Five Thousand Banks Collapsing

Economic Dynamism
April 25, 2025
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Measuring these trends is complicated, but the results of wage gains are encouraging.

Scott Winship

Economic Dynamism

October 15, 2025

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Oaks decided not to be “a lawyer who had been called as an apostle,” but rather “an apostle who used to be a lawyer.”

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Pursuit of Happiness

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