Production Theory

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Dan Mahoney

The existence of and need for property is a consequence of scarcity, which is further affected by the very institution to which it gives rise. However, this “problem” in a sense supplies its own solution

Renaud Fillieule

Most of the economists of the Austrian School use straightforward representations of the Hayekian structure of production. Even though these depictions are helpful in order to visualize 

Peter Lewin

Austrian economics has important contributions to make in two particular areas — to the theory of rent and to an understanding of the meaning of equilibrium. The legacy of perfect competition casts a long shadow, inhibiting an adequate understanding of the dynamic market process in which rent is earned in disequilibrium.

David Howden

Mises created an artificial construct, the evenly rotating economy (ERE), from which to ascertain the source of entrepreneurial profit and loss. In particular, the ERE is characterized by two distinct elements. 

Nicolai J. Foss

Austrian insights are useful for not only interpreting recent claims, but also for understanding their reach. In particular, Misesian insights are helpful here

William Barnett II Walter Block

Rothbard (1993, pp. 638–45) refuted the important economic fallacy that excess  capacity is a normal consequence of profit maximizing behavior by businesses in some industries when they are in long-run equilibrium. 

Mihai Vladimir Topan

In his Man, Economy, and State, Murray Rothbard introduces the catallactic function of decision-making owner, and the  correspondent income of decision-making ability rent. 

Lyla O'Driscoll

This essay presents a conceptual and moral rather than an economic analysis of “baby-selling.” Its purpose is to address certain fundam

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Among the most popular and consequential beliefs of our age is the belief in collective security.

Karen I. Vaughn

It is taken for granted by most economists and political philosophers that John Locke was in some sense a precursor of the labor theories of value