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By Pete Boettke
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The Common Sense of Tyler Cowen
By Pete Boettke
Philip Wicksteed chose as the epigraph to his The Common Sense of Political Economy a quote from the German philosopher/poet Goethe that states: "We are all doing it: very few…
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Mario Rizzo on Libertarians and War
By Pete Boettke
Randy Barnett recently published an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal titled, "Libertarians and the War: Ron Paul doesn't speak for all of us." Barnett's piece centers around the…
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Freeexchange on Chris Coyne
By Pete Boettke
The Economist blog, freeexchange, writes on a new paper by Chris on exporting democracy: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY economist Chris Coyne, author of the forthcoming After War: The Political Economy of…
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What have I been up to?
By Pete Boettke
Well, I have been out of touch for over a month. The first part of that was due to basketball. But I have since returned to economics work with writing…
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Falling Dominoes?
By Pete Boettke
I have a new paper, co-authored with Andrea Dean, that empirically investigates the democratic "domino theory." Here's the abstract: The “domino theory” has a long and impressive history guiding global…
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Liberal Economics in the Heart of Europe (Guest Post by Dan Klein)
By Pete Boettke
The following is from Dan Klein. I recently participated in a week seminar in the Czech Republic, “European and American Liberalism,” organized by the leaders of Liberal Institute and the…
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The Shaky Foundations of Competition Law
By Pete Boettke
Some of you may be interested in my latest publication in the New Zealand Law Journal (Download NZLJ_CompetitionLaw_Sautet.pdf ). It’s a concise view of competition law and its limits, and…
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More Booty for Leeson
By Pete Boettke
Tim Harford discusses Pete's work on pirates in the Financial Times.Leeson’s message is that pirate crews faced a serious challenge of governance. Without any possible appeal to a higher legal…
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Peter Leeson in The New Yorker
By Pete Boettke
James Surowiecki's latest article in The New Yorker, "The Pirate's Code," draws heavily on the work of co-blogger Pete Leeson. From the article:Leeson is fascinated by pirates because they flourished…
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Nauti(cal) by Nature
By Pete Boettke
I've written a new paper on revolution, which in keeping with my nautical theme of pirate papers' past deals with mutiny aboard 18th-century merchant ships. The paper is entitled, "Rational…