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By Pete Boettke
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Can Austrian Theory Explain the Coming Credit Crunch?
By Pete Boettke
Peter Boettke and I have a friend, Mr. E., who is a very successful investor who manages hundreds of millions of dollars of a few select clients. Many years ago,…
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March Madness
By Pete Boettke
Well March Madness is upon us. I honestly had VCU beating Duke in my brackets!!! Anyway, on Wednesday evening I was on the Bloomberg Radio Show "On the Economy" with…
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The Science of Success
By Pete Boettke
As with most academics I read a lot. At the moment I am reading two books on Pete Maravich (a boyhood idol of mine), Michael Lewis's new book Blind Side,…
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More on Montenegro: Baduci Mediteranski Tigar?
By Pete Boettke
For those who are interested in the subject, but don’t have time to read the Mercatus Country Brief that we co-authored with Maja Drakic (see here), Kyle McKenzie and I…
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Coyne Wins Prize
By Pete Boettke
Co-blogger, Chris Coyne, recently received the 12th $10,000 prize from the Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Orders for his work on post-war reconstruction. This is a great honor and…
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From Smith to Hayek and Back Again
By Pete Boettke
Dan Klein has always been one of the most insightful and thoughtful intellectuals in my cohort. We all met through the libertarian movement in the early 1980s --- IHS, CATO,…
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The Cuban Gulag and Its Heroes
By Pete Boettke
Two articles attracted my attention this week. The first one was authored by Armando Valladares in the Wall Street Journal last Monday. The second one was the obituary in The…
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Gordon Tullock — The Champion of Virginia Public Choice
By Pete Boettke
Last night The Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Orders at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, The Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and the Institute for Humane Studies held…
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Leonard Liggio — The Champion of Liberalism
By Pete Boettke
I just attended a wonderful reception in honor of Leonard Liggio sponsored jointly by Liberty Fund, Institute for Humane Studies, and the School of Law at GMU. Leonard has been…
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Global Warming: What Role for Economics?
By Pete Boettke
As reiterated in a recent post, economics has nothing to say about the causes of global warming. However, it may have a threefold role in the debate on climate change:…