Political Theory

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Peter T. Calcagno Frank Hefner

The Eastern European countries have been going through a transition phase since the liberalization of their economies with the collapse of communist regimes in the early 1990s.

Stephan Kinsella
The book is divided into two parts. The seven chapters of Part 1 are critical of statism, the view that political action is necessary, efficient, or desirable. In the four chapters of Part 2, our author somewhat tentatively proffers.
Dan Mahoney

Governments always attempt to exploit a crisis, and disasters provide a natural (no pun intended) excuse for them to do so. Their proffered “solutions” to problems(which they often create) invariably worsen those problems.

Dale Steinreich

Caplan has thought much about his topic. However, redefining policy preferences that he and probably most economists disagree with as “irrationality” is dubious 

Stephan Kinsella

The Structure of Liberty is an important new work by one of libertarianism's most significant and thoughtful legal scholars.  Its primary substantive deficiency is its over-reliance on the Hayekian knowledge paradigm

Edward Stringham

Do weak governments around the globe merit assistance? The premise of When States Fail: Causes and Consequences is that without strong government, society devolves into chaos.

G. R. Steele

Hayek points to the works of Bernard Mandeville, David Hume, and Adam Smith as the primary origins of his social theory of spontaneous order. 

Giovanni Patriarca

Foronda is remembered for his contributions and as one of the first to popularize the new economic ideas in Spain.

Mark Thornton

Mr. Sirower has done a great service in pointing out the anomaly concerning large-company mergers. He has provided good evidence for the Austrian theory that antitrust policy is harmful to the competitive process and stand of living in society.

Stephan Kinsella Patrick Tinsley

In the context of legal analysis, one important praxeological doctrine is the distinction between action and mere behavior. The difference between action and behavior boils down to intent.