Other Schools of Thought

Richard Cantillon and the French Economists: Distinctive French Contributions of J.B. Say

The late 17th century experienced a crisis in European thought which paralleled the Scientific Revolution and led to a revolution in economic thought.

Richard Cantillon and the French Economists: Distinctive French Contributions of J.B. Say

Tags: History of the Austrian School of Economics, Other Schools of Thought

11/21/2017 • Leonard P. Liggio

The late 17th century experienced a crisis in European thought which paralleled the Scientific Revolution and led to a revolution in economic thought.

Is Behavioral Economics Good Economics?

Behavioral economists, while criticizing the mainstream economics for not being realistic, treats human beings as automatons.

Is Behavioral Economics Good Economics?

Tags: Austrian Economics Overview, Other Schools of Thought

11/17/2017 • Frank Shostak

Behavioral economists, while criticizing the mainstream economics for not being realistic, treats human beings as automatons.

Mainstream Economists Whitewashed the Evils of Communism

There’s no excuse for any sentient being – especially an economist – to have praised the decrepit communist economic model by the 1980's.

Mainstream Economists Whitewashed the Evils of Communism

Tags: Other Schools of Thought, Socialism, World History

11/10/2017 • Daniel J. Mitchell

There’s no excuse for any sentient being – especially an economist – to have praised the decrepit communist economic model by the 1980's.

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Messianic Communism in the Protestant Reformation

Some Reformers devoted themselves to the cause of communism as it had supposedly existed in the primitive Christian Church.

Messianic Communism in the Protestant Reformation

Tags: Other Schools of Thought, Philosophy and Methodology, Biographies, World History

10/30/2017 • Murray N. Rothbard

Some Reformers devoted themselves to the cause of communism as it had supposedly existed in the primitive Christian Church.

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Inflation and the Fall of the Roman Empire

At the end, the Romans welcomed the barbarians as liberators from the kleptocratic Roman state.

Inflation and the Fall of the Roman Empire

Tags: Interventionism, Other Schools of Thought, Free Markets, World History

10/19/2017 • Joseph R. Peden

At the end, the Romans welcomed the barbarians as liberators from the kleptocratic Roman state.

Thaler Wins Nobel

Austrians have been mostly skeptical about behavioral economics.

Thaler Wins Nobel

Tags: Other Schools of Thought

10/09/2017 • Peter G. Klein

Austrians have been mostly skeptical about behavioral economics.

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Libertarian Paternalism

David Gordon reviews Nudge, co-written by Richard Thaler, who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in economics.

Libertarian Paternalism

Tags: Other Schools of Thought, Philosophy and Methodology, Free Markets

10/09/2017 • David Gordon

David Gordon reviews Nudge, co-written by Richard Thaler, who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in economics.

George Orwell and the Cold War: A Reconsideration

What Garet Garrett called a "complex of vaunting and fear" has been the hallmark of the American Empire, and previous empires.

George Orwell and the Cold War: A Reconsideration

Tags: Other Schools of Thought, War and Foreign Policy

10/04/2017 • Murray N. Rothbard

What Garet Garrett called a "complex of vaunting and fear" has been the hallmark of the American Empire, and previous empires.

Keynes: A Master of Confused and Confusing Prose

A careful reading of Keynes's 'General Theory' suggests its unintelligible prose may be an effort to appear erudite while saying little of value.

Keynes: A Master of Confused and Confusing Prose

Tags: History of the Austrian School of Economics, Other Schools of Thought, World History

09/13/2017 • Hunter Lewis

A careful reading of Keynes's 'General Theory' suggests its unintelligible prose may be an effort to appear erudite while saying little of value.

Tyrants of the Mind and the New Collectivism

The ideology of “political correctness” is strangling the principle and practice of freedom of speech.

Tyrants of the Mind and the New Collectivism

Tags: Other Schools of Thought, World History

08/08/2017 • Richard M. Ebeling

The ideology of “political correctness” is strangling the principle and practice of freedom of speech.