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By Pete Boettke
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What Austrian Economics IS and What Austrian Economics Is NOT
By Pete Boettke
Steven Horwitz Since the start of the financial crisis and recession, there has been a renewed interest in the ideas of Austrian economics by scholars, public intellectuals, and even the…
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Two Thanksgiving Pieces
By Pete Boettke
Steven Horwitz Happy Thanksgiving to our American readers. Try slipping some raw bacon and butter under your turkey's skin for a really good bird. And before you cook, you might…
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The Laws of Economics Do Not Stop at Borders and Do Not Face an Expiration Date
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| In the age of scientism, the language of the inexorable laws of economics gave way to the language of falsificationism. The modern scientific mind did not sit well…
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Media Alert
By Pete Boettke
Steven Horwitz I am, as of now, scheduled to be on CNBC's "Street Signs" at 2pm EST today talking about the TSA. Tune in if you can. UPDATE: Here's the…
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Horwitz on the Evils of the TSA
By Pete Boettke
Steven Horwitz Here's two media hits on how the TSA is killing Americans: Canada's Globe and Mail and The Hill. Also: we just finished a great session on public choice…
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That’s Interesting, But Does It Pass The Alchian Test?
By Pete Boettke
David L. Prychitko I was raised on Alchian & Allen, having learned most of my economics from two of Alchian's students from the 1960s, Phil May and Howard Swaine. Alchian…
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Entrepreneurship and the Market Process — NYC edition
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Ed Glaeser has a nice discussion in the City Journal on the critical role that entrepreneurs have played in the history of NYC, and what role they still…
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Some Weekend (and Beyond) Reading Recommendations
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| #1 on the list is the new working paper by Selgin, Lastrapes and White on the close to 100 year history of the policy failure of the Fed.…
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Book Culture or Journal Culture — Which Are We?
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| When I entered the field of economics as an Austrian economist looking to obtain a faculty position (1988), it was obvious that for that community of economists books…
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Gargantua is Bad for You
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| New working paper by Pete, Chris and myself on school consolidation and educational performance. Comments/criticisms most welcomed.