The Gold Standard Before the Civil War | Murray N. Rothbard

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Isabella Weber’s “Anti-Fascist Economics”

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My review for the Washington Post

Isabella Weber’s “Anti-Fascist Economics”

A New Theory of the Just Price

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, market efficiency, Rawls and Nozick

I’ve got a new paper out at Economics & Philosophy, titled “The Just Price: A Market-Process Account” (open access). Here’s the main idea. 701 more words

A New Theory of the Just Price

7.  The New Deal and the Post War International Monetary System – Murray Rothbard

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Why Murray Rothbard is a Great Economist | Patrick Newman

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, economics of education, history of economic thought, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard

6. The Inflationary Boom of the 1920s (continued) – Murray N Rothbard

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by Jim Rose in Austrian economics, business cycles, economic history, history of economic thought, labour economics, libertarianism, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Murray Rothbard, unemployment Tags:

5 . The Inflationary Boom of the 1920s – Murray N Rothbard

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4.  The Progressive Era Triple Alliance: Government as Cartelizer continued Murray Rothbard

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3.  The Progressive Era Triple Alliance: Government as Cartelizer – Murray Rothbard

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2.  The Rise of Big Business: The Failure of Trusts and Cartels continued Murray Rothbard

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, libertarianism, Murray Rothbard, rentseeking, survivor principle

Quotation of the Day…

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, Israel Kirzner

Tweet… is from page 30 of Israel Kirzner’s 1985 volume, Discovery and the Capitalist Process [original emphasis]: What is important about the market economy is that unexploited opportunities for reallocating resources from one (low market valued) use to another of higher value offer the opportunity for pure entrepreneurial gain. A misallocation of resources occurs because,…

Quotation of the Day…

1.  The Rise of Big Business: The Failure of Trusts and Cartels – Murray Rothbard

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, economic history, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, libertarianism, Murray Rothbard

Are Banking Systems Inherently Unstable? | @GeorgeSelgin | Hayek Program…

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, business cycles, economic history, economics of regulation, great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags:

Introduction to Microeconomics – Labor and Unions – Murray N Rothbard

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by Jim Rose in applied price theory, Austrian economics, history of economic thought, labour economics, labour supply, Murray Rothbard, occupational regulation, unemployment, unions

Introduction to Microeconomics – Government Cartels – Murray rothbard

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