Other Schools of Thought

George Monbiot's attack on neoliberalism fails to account for the conflict between the Austrian school and the neoliberals.

The F.A. Hayek Memorial Lecture sponsored by Don Printz.

Paul Cleveland discusses his recent book, The Great Utopian Delusion.

Thanks to the great Tatsuya Iwakura, who has translated numerous books by Austrian economists into Japanese, The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays, edited by Richard Ebeling, is now available as a Kindle book in Japanese.

It is a shame that most economic students, whether at the undergraduate or graduate student level, are exposed to precious little about the different schools of economic thought.

Murray Rothbard examines the origins of the Federal Reserve in light of the history of the Progressive movement.

This weekend, Jeff recaps his recent talk in Houston, which generated plenty of comments from libertarians, progressives, and the alt-Right.

The new trend among famous economists is pointing out the times they changed their views in light of new empirical findings. Far from defending economics as a science and a profession, this trend actually reveals the unscientific and ideological nature of mainstream economics.

Many people mistakenly think of Austrian economics as nothing more than a radical defense of free markets, though it's really a framework for studying human action and its social implications.

In his book Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, Philip Mirowski correctly diagnoses many problems with neoclassical economics. The reader soon notices, however, that Mirowski doesn't know the difference between Austrian economists and neoliberals.