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LSE Hayek – Keynes Debate Update
By Pete Boettke
Steven Horwitz Back on July 13, Pete mentioned the Hayek-Keynes debate taking place at the LSE on July 26th. The details and participants have now been finalized. Jamie Whyte's teammate…
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Obamacare, Jobs, and Regime Uncertainty – Some Evidence
By Pete Boettke
Steven Horwitz I've been arguing for several months, as have others, that the ongoing sluggishness of the US labor market is the result of regime uncertainty over policy changes both…
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How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| That is the subtitle of Peter Berger's fascinating memoir, Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist. And for anyone who has read Peter Berger, listened to him give a lecture,…
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Microfoundations — what parts of this narrative would you contest?
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Back in June there was some Robert Lucas "bashing" after he gave a talk on the current recession at the University of Washington. Both Mark Thoma and Paul…
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PhD in the Philosophy of the Austrian School at UFM
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Its official, students can now earn a PhD in the philosophy of the Austrian School through the Center Henry Hazlitt at UFM. Among the external faculty include Jesus…
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Why The Great Stagnation Thesis is the Most Subversive Libertarian Argument of Our Age
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Tyler Cowen caused quite a stir with his e-book, The Great Stagnation. In properly assessing his work it is important to state explicitly what his argument actually is.…
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“The Conspiracy to Spread Mental Fog”
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| In June of 1933, the LSE hosted a "mock trial of the economists", who were accused of the crime of "conspiracy to spread mental fog". This episode is…
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The Revolving Door Between DC and Wall Street
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| New York magazine had this profile on Peter Orszag in April 2011. It is mainly about the battles Orszag had in DC and his choice of career path…
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What Economists Knew, and What Economists Forgot
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Earlier this spring, Larry Summers stated that there was a lot that older economists such as Walter Bagehot, Hyman Minsky, and Charles Kindleberger knew about economic crises, and…
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Let’s Put Our Thinking Caps On, and Really Try to Figure Out the Best Way to Respond to This Argument
By Pete Boettke
|Peter Boettke| Yesterday (Wednesday July 6th), I gave a talk to the new employees and interns at the Mercatus Center at GMU about what we are all about. In my…