The usually sensible Larry White recently blogged a silly and petty comment on Hans Hoppe’s Mises Daily Article “ The Yield from Money Held’ Reconsidered. “ White quoted the following two (consecutive) paragraphs from Hoppe’s article: The second example [of supposed anti-Hutt thinking] is from closer at home, i.e., from the proponents of “free
It has always been very difficult to get a read on Masonomics, that is, the style of economics taught at George Mason University, generally under the term “Austrian Economics.” But thanks to Pete Boettke’s prodigious blogging, we learn more and more about it every day. Pete has in the past referred to research at GMU as “a stew of Menger,
Those searching for a Ph.D. that will allow them to pursue an academic career in Austrian economics should read Michael Rozeff’’s article on LewRockwell.com . Although the topic of the article is “Stimulus as Seen through Becker’s Chicago Lens,” Dr. Rozeff provides in passing an instructive description of his own graduate education at the
My friend Peter Boettke is at it again. Pete is notorious for flippantly propagating gross distortions of the history of the modern Austrian revival. In a recent talk on “Socialism and Transition” at the Foundation for Economic Education Pete is caught in the midst of a discussion of incentives and socialism making the following jaw-dropping
In the past year I have noticed a gratifying trend among undergraduates interested in Austrian economics that bodes well for the future of Austrian economics as a challenger to the prevailing positivist orthodoxy for the title of “mainstream economics.” Here are a few examples of this trend in the past month. This past Thursday I was invited to
Over the past few years there has been an ongoing and productive dialogue over the viability of alternative strategies available to young scholars seeking to pursue a vocation in Austrian economics in academia. While there have been disagreements, most parties to the conversation have treated their opponents’ positions with respect and scholarly
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The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.