Entrepreneurship

Robert Murphy explains how traders make money in a world of uncertainty and diabolical risk.

Even something that seems as objective as software development falls under the Austrian view of subjective utility.

Robert Murphy explains how traders make money in a world of uncertainty and diabolical risk.

One of the canards of mainstream economics is that only government can provide the "optimum" number of nonrivalrous, or public, goods. Austrian economists have never accepted that theory.

While governments claim to want the well-being of their citizens, they inevitably attack the real source of prosperity: entrepreneurship.

Many people believe that the board game Monopoly, developed during the Great Depression, mimics a real-world capitalist economy. Monopoly is a game, not real life.

Economic calculation is not an either-or proposition. Even in so-called market economies like that of the USA, there is plenty of government intervention that distorts market processes.

Too many economic commentators claim that monopolies are the cause of inflation. Austrian economic analysis shows that this is impossible.

Many people believe that the board game Monopoly, developed during the Great Depression, mimics a real-world capitalist economy. Monopoly is a game, not real life.

The fall of the Pac-12 is an unfortunate end to a proud collegiate institution. But its death isn’t the fault of uncurable greed but of the conference’s own inability to be competitive in the game.