Philosophy and Methodology
Market Failure?
Financial instability and anti-capitalist fallacies about booms and busts.
Philosophical Melancholy and Delirium, by Donald Livingston
Donald Livingston's brilliant Philosophical Melancholy ranks as the most unusual philosophy book I have ever read.
Letters of Sidney Hook, by Edward Shapiro
To neoconservatives and even to some libertarians, Sidney Hook is a hero.
“Austrian Economics, Neoclassicism, and the Market Test,” by Leland B. Yeager
You can lead a neoclassical to Austrian waters, but you can't make him drink. Sherwin Rosen, a distinguished Chicago School economist, thinks that gains from trade between neoclassical and Austrian economics are possible.
Living High and Letting Die: Our Illusion of Innocence, by Peter Unger
Even when compared with other works of philosophy, this is an odd book. Readers who have been spared much acquaintance with contemporary moral philosophy will be inclined to toss the book away when they learn its central thesis.
“Austrian and Neoclassical Economics: Any Gains From Trade?”, by Sherwin Rosen
You can lead a neoclassical to Austrian waters, but you can't make him drink. Sherwin Rosen, a distinguished Chicago School economist, thinks that gains from trade between neoclassical and Austrian economics are possible.
Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality, by G.A. Cohen
G.A. Cohen is my favorite Marxist. He takes libertarian-political theory with extreme seriousness, and again and again he makes points devastating to socialism.G.A.
Without A Prayer, by John Robbins
ohn Robbins begins with an excellent idea, but unfortunately his book does not fulfill the promise of his initial project.
The Vices of Economists — The Virtues of The Bourgeoisie, by Deirdre McCloskey
Let me set readers' minds at ease. As most people will have heard, our distinguished author has recently found the gender in which he was born overly confining.