Austrian Economics Overview

Economist Joseph Salerno,  an expert on the Austrian School, money, and methodology, joins us to talk about what makes the Austrian School of economics different. 

Mark Thornton dismantles the modern obsession with equality.

Lucas Engelhardt explores the economics of interventionism, tracing Ludwig von Mises’s core argument that state interference in markets is both self-defeating and inherently unstable.

Tim Terrell offers a critical examination of higher education’s economic structure.

Tate Fegley shows how bureaucratic insulation, lack of economic calculation, and political incentives lead to cronyism and inefficiency.

Lucas Engelhardt challenges conventional applications of game theory by integrating the Austrian perspective on entrepreneurship.

Cwik and Ritenour revisit the often-overlooked "forgotten Austrians" who extended Mengerian economics beyond Vienna.

Inflation is a systematic distortion of economic signals.

Tate Fegley explains how the absence of market signals leaves public policing blind to real-world tradeoffs.

Shawn Ritenour critiques mainstream growth models that emphasize abstract inputs like capital accumulation and technological innovation, arguing instead for a human-centered approach rooted in Austrian economics.