Philosophy and Methodology

Most years, the millions of last minute tax filers make April 15 National Procrastination Day.

F.A. Hayek is known for making a number of important contributions to economics and social thought. If one had to identify a single concept that captures the thrust of Hayek’s intellectual project it would be “spontaneous order.”

Martha Nussbaum’s Frontiers of Justice is one of the oddest books I have ever reviewed. Nussbaum is a well-known philosopher, and she raises some issues that are well worth our consideration; 

David Schmidtz means the title of his outstanding book literally. He does not present a tightly integrated theory of justice; rather his "contextual functionalism . . . 

Here’s a message from an environmentalist who hides under the name “Tokyo Tom.” He says it comes “off of the web page of th

Hans-Hermann Hoppe presents The Economics and Ethics of Private Property at the 2006 Austrian Scholars Conference.

Robert Murphy presents the Lou Church Memorial Lecture in Religion and Economics: The Tension Between Economics and

Robert Higgs presents War, Fear, and Trembling at the 2006 Austrian Scholars Conference.

Roderick T.

An individual kills someone—for money, out of jealousy, as an act of revenge, or because he doesn’t like his victim’s looks.