Calculation and Knowledge

Austrian capital theory explains why creating a more technologically-advanced society is easier said than done, writes Mark Tovey.

Economists often rely on the assumption of “other things equal.” The problem arises when politicians ignore the economy and unintended results, wri

An economy cannot be successfully planned with computers and technicians. Mises and Hayek proved this decades ago, writes Nicolás Cachanosky.

The problem is a confused reading of how markets work, and how governments continue with deficit spending in the service of favored interest groups.

Booms and busts are brewing in the real economy, but computers that can quickly solve math problems won’t tell you much about how business cycles w

The Haven has posted the following poll question:

In light of the argument presented in the present paper, it is difficult to avoid the speculation that the main argument that Hayek either half accepted or regarded as exaggerated and one-sided

The Eastern European countries have been going through a transition phase since the liberalization of their economies with the collapse of communist regimes in the early 1990s.

Non-monetary calculation of the environmental effects of action runs into the same problems of in natural calculation and commonly owned means of production. 

This paper documents and articulates Murray N. Rothbard’s contribution to our understanding of the theory and practice of socialism.