Why I Don't Want to Live in a European Empire
A first trip to Vienna after the fall of communism showed Igor Koso what prosperity and freedom could look like. He fears Europe i…
Igor Koso
Entrepreneur, occasional civic activist. Initiator of the “Stop ETS” petition. He runs the YouTube channel “Kam mizne sloboda?”, in which he seeks to demonstrate the connection between prosperity and freedom and why both are currently on the decline in Europe.
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Capitalism Was Born in Free Cities, Not in Factories
Europe’s prosperity was built by merchant republics, limited government and a competitive order that gave innovation room to grow.…
How the Struggle Between Popes and Kings Shaped Civil Liberties
Europe’s path to liberty, capitalism and prosperity began in a medieval contest between Church and state. In the second essay in h…
The Faith That Made Us Rich: Christianity and the European Miracle
Europe grew vastly wealthier, added four decades to life expectancy and became the most successful civilization in history. In the…
Brussels Bureaucrats: The Modern Mandarins
Economist Thomas Sowell describes a new elite that produces ideas but not values, shaping society without bearing the consequences…
A Look Back: How Bureaucrats Halted China
The American historian Edward Dreyer writes that China’s great naval expeditions ended at the initiative of Confucian officials wh…