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By Pete Boettke
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Mario Rizzo embraces Modernity?
By Pete Boettke
The Austrian School of Economics benefited from a great influx of talent in the 1970s. Walter Block, Gerald O'Driscoll, Joe Salerno, Jack High, Don Lavoie, Rich Fink, Larry White, Roger…
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Friedman v Galbraith
By Pete Boettke
2006 is coming to an end in a few days, and often at this time of year it is appropriate to remember those who passed away during that year. The…
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EconTalk Rated #2
By Pete Boettke
Russ Roberts's EconTalk podcasts was recently voted #2 for Best Podcasts for 2006. I very highly recommend the podcast that Russ did with Milton Friedman.Russ led a discussion with me…
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The US Supreme Court as a Referee
By Pete Boettke
According to Lexington in The Economist this week, chief justice John Roberts has been pushing the US Supreme Court to embrace modesty (instead of judicial activism), legal minimalism (deciding issues…
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Teaching Fundamentals and Doing Good in the World
By Pete Boettke
Looking through the Sunday papers I was struck by 3 items: an investigative report on the basketball system in Russia and Lithuania; an op-ed by Serge Schmemann on Putin's Russia;…
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Is a Little Economics Dangerous?
By Pete Boettke
In a recent article, "What We Learn When We Learn Economics" Christopher Hayes discusses his experience of attending a basic economics course at the University of Chicago taught by Allen…
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Is Language a Determinant of Reform Success?
By Pete Boettke
Last week Graham Scott gave a lecture on public sector management and governance at the Mercatus Center. Dr Scott was the Secretary of the New Zealand Treasury between 1986 and…
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Does Culture Matter for Economic Development?
By Pete Boettke
CATO Unbound has a discussion going on about the "culture matters" thesis in economic development. Lawrence Harrison kicked off the conversation with an essay and responses were provided by the…
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Russ Roberts interviews Milton Friedman
By Pete Boettke
Check Russ Roberts’s touching article on his last encounter with Milton Friedman. Russ’s podcast interview with Friedman can be found here. Friedman was almost 94 at the time of the…
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In Cities We Trust
By Pete Boettke
I mentioned in my (not so) recent post on the Lifetime Achievement Award given to Israel Kirzner that Sanford Ikeda gave the 2006 Society for the Development of Austrian Economics…