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Coordination Problem
By Pete Boettke
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Coordination Problem
What if….
By Pete Boettke
…in response to today’s developments, the U.S. disengaged from its current military engagements abroad and simultaneously announced a policy of refraining from further military occupation in the future? The logic…
Coordination Problem
Learning While Visiting NZ
By Pete Boettke
I am in NZ to give the 2006 Sir Ronald Trotter Lecture. This is my first time in NZ and while we haven't had the best of luck with weather…
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Entrepreneurship in Basketball and the Coaching of Economics
By Pete Boettke
In the movie Glory Road, basketball coach Don Haskins recruits young players for his team at Texas Western College. For the first time, a team made of black and white…
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Austrian Economics Seminar at FEE
By Pete Boettke
I am currently at the Austrian Economics Seminar at FEE. As usually the Ebeling's are outstanding hosts and the seminar is proving to be a great experience for the students…
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Krugman and Income Inequality
By Pete Boettke
Russ Roberts at Café Hayek has a very good analysis of Paul Krugman’s NYT column of July 14 on income inequality (see here). What is puzzling for anyone who has…
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Transition Analysis
By Pete Boettke
I have been asked recently to discuss transition analysis. In a post last month I suggested that successful transitions are characterized by (a) creative adaptability, and (b) resiliency in the…
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Robert Samuelson Makes Sense
By Pete Boettke
Politicians might be shamless and senseless about government spending but Robert Samuelson does a good job of making sense of this silliness exhibited by both parties in an op-ed in…
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‘Big Players’ and the Stock Market
By Pete Boettke
Roger Koppl has pushed the idea of "Big Players" in economic analysis for the better part of two decades. The idea comes from Fritz Machlup and it relates simply to…
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Progress in Economic Discourse?
By Pete Boettke
In most human endeavors I am an optimist -- tomorrow will be better than today. The human imagination is able to see things that weren't noticed before and progress is…
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File this under “Absurd”
By Pete Boettke
The French government recently announced the creation of "Council for the Diffusion of Economic Culture" to communicate the benefits of capitalism, markets and entrepreneurship to French citizens. Good idea. There…