Yaroslav Romanchuk

Mainstream economics caused the crises and now offers the same failed solutions. Why does the Austrian School of Economics provide a better strategy — and why do governments ignore it?

Britain gave the world capitalism, the Industrial Revolution, and the global financial system—and then abandoned that legacy. What happens to a country that traded economic freedom for socialism and state intervention?

Lessons from a Thirty-Year Monetary Experiment That Failed. Why do Ukrainians keep their money in foreign currencies and distrust the hryvnia?

Economic development indices are not just a tool for analysis, but can sometimes be a powerful weapon of manipulation. We examine how global rankings are being used as a tool to advance the interests of those who advocate for expanding state influence. Four well-known indices — under the ILI microscope.

The global crisis of democracy is the logical and inevitable outcome of a system in which individual freedom always loses to the “will of the people.” How can we protect the individual from democracy and restore his genuine freedom? What scenarios for the transformation of democracy are possible under modern conditions?

Is Ukraine fighting the war at the expense of other countries? An analysis of the actual military and financial expenditures of Ukraine’s partners in 2022–2025 relative to their GDP. Assessment of military and non-military expenditures and sources of increased funding for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The deficit of common sense in the global economy as a consequence of a worldview crisis, and the real impacts of this phenomenon on the national economies of 144 countries in the new Common Sense Economics Index

A sober analysis of events, probable positive and negative developments in the new year for the world, the US, the EU, and Ukraine, and the conditions for their realization, without all-encompassing scientific “futurology” and illusions.