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By Pete Boettke
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Megan McArdle meet George Selgin
By Pete Boettke
Megan McArdle, one of the original movers in the economic blogosphere and a bundle of intellectual curiosity and insight, has raised the question of private currencies. She raises a rather…
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Atlas Shrugged at 50
By Pete Boettke
Chris Coyne points to this NYT article on Rand's classic work.
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Political Capitalism
By Pete Boettke
The revisionist historian Gabriel Kolko coined the term "political capitalism" to describe the behavior of big industry to align with the state to secure profits. In September 16th edition of…
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The Evolution of the Rankings of Economists
By Pete Boettke
Greg Mankiw mentions a new study on the rankings of economists. The interesting note by Mankiw is how Google Scholar does as good a job as the more traditional SSCI…
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Hard Work Pays Off
By Pete Boettke
Alex Tabarrok has a nice post entitled "Advice for Graduate Students" that emphasizes (through the example of Steve Levitt) the value of hard work in establishing a research career in…
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Where were you on September 11th?
By Pete Boettke
I was actually teaching an economics class, and as luck would have it I was describing to my Econ 100 students how airline deregulation has led to increased safety in…
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Where are We Going After the Housing Collapse?
By Pete Boettke
We are currently going through a precarious financial time due, I would argue, to excess credit. The decline in the housing market and the subprime fiasco are just the most…
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Piracy in the Atlantic (Monthly)
By Pete Boettke
The Atlantic Monthly discusses my economics of pirates research in this month's issue. Check it out.
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Mathematical Economics as an Aid to Economic Thought
By Pete Boettke
Dani Rodrik has two recent posts which explain why in his mind we need to use mathematics in economics. See here and here. I wrote the following as a response…
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How Silly Can We Economists Get
By Pete Boettke
Economists are impressed with measurement and the allure of SCIENCE. In fact, one could argue that our motto as a discipline is "Science is measurement, and when you cannot measure,…