Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, vol. 22, no. 1, 2019

In this issue, Bob Murphy on free banking, Patrick Newman on Rothbard and progressivism, an unpublished chapter from Rothbard’s Progressive Era (in print for the first time), and more.

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Mark Thornton

Mark Thornton reviews Alesina, Favero, and Giavazzi's book, which argues that austerity plans based on tax increases fare much worse than plans based on reducing expenditures.

Joakim Book

Joakim Book reviews Greenspan and Wooldridge's 'Capitalism in America.' What could go wrong with a book from a former Fed chairman? Quite a lot!

Jason Morgan

Jason Morgan reviews John Sagers' book on Shibusawa Eiichi, often called the "father of Japanese capitalism." Was Shibusawa truly a capitalist, or just a "crony capitalist"?

Murray N. Rothbard

What would Murray Rothbard have said in the planned chapter 10 of his nine-chapter manuscript on the Progressive Era? Patrick Newman reveals Rothbard's target: the fourth party system (1896–1932).

Patrick Newman

What would Murray Rothbard have said in the planned chapter 10 of his nine-chapter manuscript on the Progressive Era? Patrick Newman reveals Rothbard's target: the fourth party system (1896–1932).

Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

Is the standard Austrian theory of the origin of money "conjectural history"? Kristoffer Hansen's response to Gary North's counter-interpretation of the theory of the origin of money.

Robert P. Murphy

Are holders of banknotes implicitly lending funds to the issuing bank? Do historical periods of relatively free banking illustrate the stability of the system? A response to Bagus and Howden.