Ronald Coase Part 1: Reconciling Theory with Reality
25 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, history of economic thought, law and economics, property rights, Ronald Coase, Ronald Coase
These wsves are an under-rated cause of business cycles
31 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in business cycles, history of economic thought, macroeconomics Tags: creative destruction

Will AI Make a Planned Economy Feasible? The Socialist Calculation Debate Revisited
25 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, F.A. Hayek, history of economic thought
The “socialist calculation debate” happened in the 1920s and 1930s. The economics profession was developing a vision of the economy as made up of prices and quantities for goods and services, based on supply and demand. Socialist economists (for example, Oskar Lange) sought to build on this framework. Their argument was along the following lines:…
Will AI Make a Planned Economy Feasible? The Socialist Calculation Debate Revisited
Benefit-cost analysis without the benefits or the analysis: How not to write Merger Guidelines
20 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics
NEW PAPER ON SSRN: The wealth-creating engine of capitalism is the movement of assets to higher-valued uses. Our biggest and most valuable assets, and those with the greatest wealth-creating potential are corporations. Antitrust law and practice work to facilitate this movement, while deterring the types of mergers which substantially lessen competition. Previous iterations of the DOJ/FTC Merger…
Benefit-cost analysis without the benefits or the analysis: How not to write Merger Guidelines
Thomas Sargent Delivers the 2022 Simpson Lecture
11 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, economic history, fiscal policy, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetary economics, public economics
Bob Lucas on Growth, Poverty and Business Cycles 2/5/2007
19 May 2023 Leave a comment
in business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetarism, monetary economics, Robert E. Lucas, unemployment Tags: monetary policy
The wisdom of John Cowperthwaite
19 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, history of economic thought Tags: Hong Kong
Roderick Long interviews DAVID FRIEDMAN
18 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, economics of crime, economics of regulation, environmental economics, global warming, history of economic thought, law and economics, property rights, Richard Posner
The History and Importance of the Austrian Theory of the Market Process | Israel M. Kirzner
11 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in Austrian economics, history of economic thought
David Friedman – The Problem with Externality Arguments – March 2023
31 Mar 2023 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, David Friedman, economics of information, economics of regulation, environmental economics, global warming, history of economic thought, law and economics, property rights
Dropping Money from Helicopters: John Cochrane on Inflation
01 Mar 2023 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, growth miracles, history of economic thought, inflation targeting, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, monetarism, monetary economics, public economics
Brad DeLong on Intellectual and Technical Progress (full) | Conversations with Tyler
23 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
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Future of Freedom debate 1977 — David Friedman v. Tom Hayden
15 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economic history, history of economic thought, law and economics, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: capitalism and freedom

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