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Happy Birthday to the Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law — Peter Leeson
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Today -- July 29th -- is Peter Leeson's birthday, he is 35. Happy Birthday Pete. Pete was recently named the Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law at…
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If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there, does it still make a sound?
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| This is an old philosphical thought experiment testing our ideas about observation and reality, but I'd like to ask that question about economic scholarship. I have been intrigued…
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The Opportunity Cost of Ideologically Silliness — UVa and the Thomas Jefferson Center
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| This is the cover from Vol. 2 (October 1959) edition of the Journal of Law and Economics and as you will notice 3 University of Virginia economics faculty…
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How Bad Are We Economists?
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Consider the findings of Dr. Sarah Necker, she finds that there is a considerable amount of naughtiness among economist when it comes to their scholarly publishing practices. Her…
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John Blundell (1952-2014)
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| I received the sad news yesterday that John Blundell passed away. I have known John and Christine from the moment I decided to get serious about a career…
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Why Does Government Fail?
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| One of the books I have been reading this summer is Peter Schuck's Why Government Fails So Often? (Princeton, 2014). So far, it is excellent. Here is David…
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The Federalism of Vincent and Lin Ostrom
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| The Federalism Scholarship of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom: Applications and Reflections Special Issue Editor John Kincaid Volume 44 Issue 2 Spring 2014Robert L. BishVincent Ostrom’s Contributions to Political…
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A Thought Experiment in Political Theory Constrained By Knowledge of Political Economy
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| In the most recent issue of The Review of Political Economy, Andrew Farrant and Edward McPhail continue their scholarly examination of the historical record on Hayek and Pinochet.…
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Yglesias on the Gold Standard
By Pete Boettke
Steve Horwitz In a column at Vox yesterday morning, Matt Yglesias gave us 7 reasons to think a gold standard is a terrible idea. They are not all completely wrong…
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Policies that promote long term growth, not those that provide short term relief, are the answer to this dilemma
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| The Economist this week features an article detailing the slow growth dilemma of the US economy during this recovery period. See here. To classical liberal political economists the…