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By Pete Boettke
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Coordination Problem
Britain, France, and the Desire to Give Up Freedom for Security
By Pete Boettke
Theodore Dalrymple has an article in the Times Online (see here) reflecting on the French protests and on the British situation. Dalrymple argues that while the British have good reasons…
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Immigration and the American Identity
By Pete Boettke
Immigration is currently one of the "hot topics" in the press (see here and here). Co-blogger Pete Boettke and I have a paper, "Institutions, Immigration and Identity," forthcoming in the…
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A Good Application of Monopoly Theory in Policy
By Pete Boettke
C. J. Maloney has a post today on the Ludwig von Mises Institute website on Austrian monopoly theory in policy (see here). While I don’t necessarily agree with the author’s…
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Confessions of an Academic Egghead and Hoops Junkie
By Pete Boettke
OK, the attention GMU's great basketball run to the Final Four has been utilized by several of us (and me in particular) to highlight certain similarities with our economics department…
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GMU Econ Department All Over the News!
By Pete Boettke
In case you were wondering what spillover effects are generated by the Patriots being in the final four, here are a few examples: Today in the Washington Post, an article…
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Good Field Work, Good Analysis, and Good Policy: Solutions to Poverty In Africa — part I
By Pete Boettke
As the editor of the Mercatus Policy Series, I am very happy to present our latest Mercatus Policy Comment by my colleague Karol Boudreaux: Taxing Alternatives: Poverty Alleviation and the…
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The Clash of Civilizations?
By Pete Boettke
Amartya Sen has a new book out which argues that religious identity is not destiny and in so doing holds out hope for cosmopolitanism and modernity.
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Stupid in Advertising
By Pete Boettke
Perhaps you have noticed an advertisement that Shell runs on gas reserves. It reads: “Yes, the world’s remaining gas reserves are getting harder to reach” (see here for the advertisement…
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Final Four for GMU
By Pete Boettke
OK, this isn't going to be about economics. And I will not say much about basketball except Wow and Congratulations to Coach Larranaga, his staff, and his players. His team…
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The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy
By Pete Boettke
I am headed to West Virginia University to present in the Economic Department's weekly seminar. I will be presenting the first chapter from the book manuscript I am currently working…