Douglass C. North and Non-Marxist Institutional Determinism
Douglass North has written many essays and books over forty or more years in which he has sought to reintegrate economic theory and economic histor
Philosophy and Methodology
Displaying 951 - 960 of 2628
Mises versus Weber on Bureaucracy and Sociological Method
This article begins by contrasting the distinctive methodological starting points of Weber and Mises, and proceeds to review and discuss each think
The Corporation at Issue, Part I: The Clash of Classical Liberal Values and the Negative Consequences for Capitalist Practices
In an article published in this journal, Walter Block (2002, pp.
Book Review of Ayn Rand by Tibor Machan
In this article, Robert Bass reviews Tibor Machan’s Ayn Rand.
Volume 20, Number 2 (2006)
Nozick’s Failed Defense of the Just State
In this paper, I argue that Nozick fails to adequately defend the claim that a just state would arise from a Lockean state of nature by a process w
Evolution and the Rule of Law: Hayek’s Concept of Liberal Order Reconsidered
The aim of this article is to resolve the putative contradiction between Hayek’s “legal framework of general and abstract rules”
Two Irreconcilable Theories of Justice: Social Engineering vs. Ethics of Property
If economics is understood as being the science of the implications of voluntary and monetary exchanges among different people (Mises, 1985), the t
Nationalism and Liberalism: Friends or Foes?
What should be the attitude of classical liberals toward nationalist aspiration and sentiment?
Modeling Hypothetical Consent
Arguments based on hypothetical consent are widely used in legal, political, and moral philosophy.
Book Review: The Passion of Liberty and Putting Humans First: Why We Are Nature’s Favorite by Tibor Machan
In this article, Steven Yates reviews Tibor Machan’s The Passion for Liberty and Putting Humans First: Why We Are Nature
