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A Better Approach To Terrorism

Big GovernmentCalculation and KnowledgePrivate Property

Blog03/22/2016Jeff Deist

If allowing markets to operate represents an "ideology" to most people, so be it. I would argue that markets represent a lack of ideology. More importantly, markets provide far and away the most practical approaches to difficult problems like terrorism.

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The Fed Can Do Real Damage Without Even Trying

Booms and BustsThe FedBusiness CyclesCalculation and Knowledge

Blog12/17/2015Jonathan Newman

Whatever the Fed imagines they can control and whatever their real intentions are, a central authority cannot optimally set prices that are in line with people’s preferences. This is especially important for interest rates, which have far-reaching influence...

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War and Strategic Socialism

War and Foreign PolicyCalculation and KnowledgeEntrepreneurship

Blog11/18/2015Matthew McCaffrey

It’s not a coincidence that wherever war and socialism are implemented, the results tend to be the same.

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Socialism: Now with Computers!

Calculation and KnowledgeEntrepreneurshipOther Schools of Thought

Blog09/14/2015Matthew McCaffrey

There's no shortage of intellectuals eager to churn out new schemes for central planning.

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Science and the Market Test

The EntrepreneurCalculation and KnowledgeMonopoly and Competition

Blog08/25/2015Matthew McCaffrey

There's no Platonic laboratory where "pure" science happens independent of human ideas, motivations, and institutions.

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The Black Hole of Defense Spending

Corporate WelfareTaxes and SpendingCalculation and Knowledge

Blog07/06/2015Matthew McCaffrey

The only thing defense spending actually defends are the profits of defense contractors.

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New Directions in Entrepreneurship Research

Calculation and KnowledgeEntrepreneurshipInterventionism

Blog06/25/2015Matthew McCaffrey

It’s a great time to be studying entrepreneurship. Today as never before entrepreneurs are confronted with “grand challenges” both in the marketplace and society more broadly. And despite constant efforts to stifle...