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LATEST ARTICLES ( 26 )

• Founding Fathers, Socialist?

  @moiracathleen @d_kuehn well i just want “socialism” to have some sort of meaning. if public works=socialism, then the word is meaningless — Isaac Marmolejo... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• LK on the Hill/Horwitz Debate

  Austrians might claim that a lower interest rate – or a lower price of credit – will induce greater investment when interest rates fall, but this does not... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Really?!

  I hope we can all agree, regardless of what economic school of thought appeals to you, that the Robert Murphy – Warren Mosler  debate was a waste of time. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Yes, A Thought That Would Make Neither Group Happy

  Daniel Kuehn draws on a similarity between Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT) and Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis (FIH) theory. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Heroes of Uncertainty

  The desire to be more like the hard sciences has distorted economics, education, political science, psychiatry and other behavioral fields. It’s led... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• But I Am a Strict Constitutionalist

  I got asked in the comments section in the previous post (Chambless on Hamilton: Round 2):In defense of libertarian scholars, you dont see a problem in having... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chambless on Hamilton: Round 2

  IntroductionThis is part 2 of my critique of Jack Chambless’ lecture on Hamilton titled, “The Curse of Alexander Hamilton”. I should note that it would help to... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Epstein on the Role of the Constitution

  So Richard Epstein got interviewed by Russ Roberts over at EconTalk about the Constitution. Yes, more libertarians talking about the Constitution, my favorite. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

  In todays Mises Daily article, David Howden talks how banks should be regulated “the Austrian way.” Its basically making quick jabs at fractional reserve... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Legal Tender Laws 101

  I don’t know how I missed this post from March, but I did. Here is Joe Salerno talking how the IRS “violates” legal tender laws. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• When Libertarians Do History…

  When Libertarians do history, it is a mess most of the time. Typically what ends up happening in the work of some libertarian scholars is some kind of conspirac... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Would Hamilton Advocate Protectionism?

  Protectionism’s first American theorist was Alexander Hamilton — the man on the $10 bill, the first Treasury Secretary, and America’s first technocrat. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Oh I Should Stop Youtube Commenting

  I guess I am one of the few people who can start a comment on trying to make the case of Bart Ehrman as a historian and end up talking about Keynesian economics... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chambless on Hamilton

  IntroductionI will do this critique of Chambless’s research on Hamilton in parts. Judging by this first post, it seems like this might be a long series of post. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Oh I Hate The Game, If The Game is Public Choice

  

  There is a piece at Free Exchange entitled ‘Don’t Hate the Player, Hate The Game’ that talks about the contributions of James Buchanan, who died recently. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Law of Demand and Austrian Economics

  Lord Keynes has a couple of recent post concerning the Law of Demand and whether it is universal. Lord Keynes, along with Post Keynesians in general, regard... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Madison, Hamilton, and Implied Powers

  I just finished reading Alexander Hamilton (2004) by Ron Chernow and it is by far one of the best biographies I have ever read. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2012 SOCIETY

• If Inflation is Theft, Then So Is Deflation

  I do not think many Austrians understand the logic of this point. To them, inflation is theft because inflation lowers the purchasing power of the currency. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Break Time is Over

  Sorry guys but I did make an unannounced break. This does not mean that I haven’t been keeping track in what has been going on in the blogosphere, especially... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 SOCIETY

• An Austro-Keynesian?

  I received an e-mail a couple days ago, which I will reproduce some of it here. It is part of an email conversation I have been having for a while now with a Ph... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 SOCIETY