Praxeology: The Method of Economics
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 July 2014.
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 July 2014.
The purpose of the Rothbard Graduate Seminar is to provide an intense study of Misesian and Rothbardian economic analytics, along with the substantive conclusions of that research in related fields.
One of Carl Menger’s contributions was his primacy of the consumer in determining value and price, not only in the marketplace but in all economic activity.
Enemies of laissez faire wish to saddle it with much unsavory baggage.
War and militarization increase time preference, and social ills soon follow.
David Gordon discusses Fritz Machlup’s interpretation of Mises vs. Rothbard.
Pete Boettke at Coordination Problem highlights the excellent work by Ben Powell in the Misesian
What would happen if the FDA didn’t ensure that food was safe and the EPA didn’t protect us from pollution? What would happen if the SEC didn’t rein in Wall Street and the FTC and antitrust laws didn’t protect us from monopolies and collusion? The answer is “I don’t know; no one knows.” But someone would come up with an solution.
Jason Brennan has in posts at Bleeding Heart Libertarians rendered a great service to supporters of a priori economics in the style of Mises and Ro