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By Pete Boettke
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Thinking About Spontaneous Order
By Pete Boettke
For the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Jennifer Dirmeyer and I have prepared the essay on Spontaneous Order. It is going through some final edits, but when completed we will…
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Still Have Love for the Mises — It’s the PJB
By Pete Boettke
I never met Ludwig von Mises, though I did correspond with his widow once to express my deep appreciation for the work of her husband. Ludwig von Mises is the…
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Where Economics and Philosophy Meet
By Pete Boettke
In 2004 the Elgar Companion to Economics & Philosophy was published. The book is self-described as follows:The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy aims to demonstrate exactly how these two…
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Trading with Bandits
By Pete Boettke
One of the oldest and most common justifications for government is protection against violence. According to this view, without government, the strong plunder the weak. This reasoning can be found…
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Is Europe Ready for Reform?
By Pete Boettke
This week, Charlemagne’s column in The Economist deals with policy reforms in Europe (Reform or Die). The author argues that there is growing momentum for reform in Europe because the…
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The FSF-Nutek Award to Israel M. Kirzner
By Pete Boettke
As announced last week, Professor Israel Kirzner was awarded the FSF-Nutek Award for entrepreneurship and small-business research. The announcement is now in English (here) and in Swedish (here).
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Is It Time to Sell Short? Redux
By Pete Boettke
NYT today reports that "American's Savings Rate at Lowest Level Since 1933." In fact, the savings rate dipped into negative territory --- minus .5 percent. Meaning that Amercian's spent more…
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On Shakespeare, Medicine, and Orwell
By Pete Boettke
The autumn 2005 issue of the excellent City Journal has a very good paper by Theodore Dalrymple on Shakespeare and medicine. Dalrymple explains how the Galenical theory of humors ruled…
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Great News About Israel Kirzner!
By Pete Boettke
I have just talked to Professor Israel Kirzner this morning and he confirmed that he has been awarded the FSF-Nutek Award. This is given by the Swedish Foundation for Small…
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EJW on Self-Disclosure and more …
By Pete Boettke
The new issue of Econ Journal Watch is now available and it continues to be one of the most interesting discussion platforms in economics avaiable. Dan Klein's paper "Sense and…