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By Pete Boettke
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The Surveillance State is Developed Abroad But Perfected at Home
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Randolph Bourne famously said "War is the health of the state." He easily could have said, War is the Bringer of Tyranny. We often hear that War and…
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Watch this very important video lesson from Tyler Cowen on How the Fed Works. Now, go read Milton Friedman's 1947 review essay of Abba Lerner's The Economics of…
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You Just Lack Training …
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| As a graduate student I took 2 PhD seminars with James Buchanan -- Philosophy and Economics, and Constitutional Economics. In the Philosophy and Economics class he periodically would…
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Costs, Benefits, and “Boomerang Effects” in Defense Economics
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King delivered one of his most important speeches at the Riverside Church in New York -- "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break…
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Just a click away
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| I have a strange relationship with technology. I purchase a lot of gadgets, but I don't really know how to use them. In fact, I probably use them…
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A Tale As Old As Time
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient poem from Mesopotamia, and it tells the story of Gilgamesh, the King of Uruk. In the story Uruk is well protected…
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Valentine’s Day Gift For You — The Economic Point of View
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Economics and the Public
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Every since having the scales removed from my eyes back at Grove City College by the economic sermons from Dr. Hans Sennholz, I have been persuaded that the…
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Ostrom Workshop
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Last fall the Law and Economics Center at GMU held a conference on the contributions of Elinor Ostrom. I was one of the lecturers, and I greatly enjoy…
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Call for Symposium Papers – “Social Justice” – Independent Excellence Prize: $10,000
By Pete Boettke
Independent Excellence Prize: $10,000 "Social Justice" Call for Symposium Papers The editors of The Independent Review invite submissions on the topic of social justice for a special symposium to be…