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Wisdom from the Hardwood
By Pete Boettke
Much of what I have learned in life, I learned in the context of being around coaches trying to get young men to compete effectively. Here are the most important…
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Coase or Tullock
By Pete Boettke
Tyler Cowen reports on the Coasean bargain that couldn't be struck between President Bush and Saddam Hussein.I have used this example before in lectures, so I was thrilled to see…
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100 Academic Blogs Every Investor Should Read
By Pete Boettke
CurrencyTrading.net lists the Top 100 Academic Blogs Every Professional Investor Should Read. The Austrian Economists make the list at number 37. Thanks to Peter Lipsey for the pointer.
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Private Security
By Pete Boettke
The Sunday NYT had a article discussing the use of private security forces in Iraq. What struck me as worthy of investigation is the demonstrated preference that when the US…
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Joe Salerno on The Austrian Movement
By Pete Boettke
Joe Salerno in a review essay on Brian Doherty's Radicals for Capitalism. There are so many interesting parts of Brian's story, but Joe focuses on one aspect of that story…
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Blogs versus Scholarship
By Pete Boettke
Dani Rodrik reports on the relationship between high impact bloggers and high impact scholarship. One explanation for the results might be that the blog offers an outlet for scholars who…
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Hayek in the classroom
By Pete Boettke
A few years ago Virginia Postrel circulated a letter requesting information on the use of Hayek in the classroom and in different disciplines? Does anyone ever know what happened with…
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The Good Old Days
By Pete Boettke
Over at Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cowen points to Paul Krugman's new blog. And Krugman doesn't surprise, as he focuses once again on how things were much better in America during…
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Is Jon Stewart the most insightful political pundit on TV?
By Pete Boettke
Larry White discusses the interview between Stewart and Alan Greenspan. Stewart got Greenspan to admit that Central Banking is not consistent with Free Market Capitalism!
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McCloskey on Schumpeter vs. Galbraith
By Pete Boettke
Deirdre McCloskey provides a review essay of both Thomas McGraw's outstanding biograpahy of Schumpeter and a reprint of Galbraith's New Industrial State. McCloskey makes important points about the context in…