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Coordination Problem
By Pete Boettke
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Is there a unique LSE school of political economy?
By Pete Boettke
Ricardo Puglisi has an essay in the 2005 STICERD Review which argues that the LSE approach to political economy sits between the grand theorizing (but non-empirical) public choice tradition of…
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Lord Harris, IEA and the Place of the Economist in Public Discourse
By Pete Boettke
Lord Ralph Harris, one of the founders of the Institute for Economic Affairs, passed away last week at the age of 81. I first met Lord Harris about 15 years…
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How Cool is Cambridge?
By Pete Boettke
Extremely cool. I get asked a lot by family and friends about what would be my favorite place to teach if I could pick anyplace in the world. I spent…
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Was Hayek Wrong?
By Pete Boettke
Or, alternatively is Jeff Sachs right on the success of welfare states? In Scientific America, Sachs looks at the Nordic welfare states as compared to the English-speaking market economies and…
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Is the Future of Europe One of Freedom?
By Pete Boettke
At a graduation ceremony at Charles University several summers ago, Maart Lar of Estonia addressed this question and answered that the future of Europe depended on whether the direction of…
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Is Corruption Bad for the Soul?
By Pete Boettke
Corruption can be due to greed, or it can be due to need. But pervasive corruption does distort our environment for living in a free and prosperous manner. In a…
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Jefferson on Liberalism and Anti-Aristocracy
By Pete Boettke
I had the great privilege last night to hear Joyce Appleby speak on the topic of Thomas Jefferson and the Origins of American Parties. Appleby was articulate and insightful, as…
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The French Connection Redux
By Pete Boettke
I just returned from Paris, where I presented two research seminars on Monday (October 16th) at the Maison des Sciences Economiques at the University of of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. I…
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A Nobel is No Guarantee of Making Economic Sense
By Pete Boettke
I have written favorably about the Nobel Prize awards over the past week, but I am was also sadly reminded this past week that being given the Nobel Prize for…
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Another Nobel Prize for Economics? The Peace Prize this Time
By Pete Boettke
I have long thought that the discipline of economics should be given the Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of the demonstration of how social cooperation under the division of…