Ludwig von Mises, Sociology, and Metatheory

Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 22, no. 2 (Summe 2019) full issue.

ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the epistemological status and potential scope of the discipline of sociology based on the writings of Ludwig von Mises. More specifically, it presents his epistemological distinction between theory and history, and argues that sociology can be integrated in this framework as a historical discipline. As such, it must be a praxeologically guided study of general or specific social phenomena that already occurred or are likely to occur.

Family Formation, Fertility, and Failure: A Literature Review on Price Increases and Their Impact on the Family Institution

Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 22, no. 2 (Summer 2019) full issue.

ABSTRACT: Inflation not only debases the value of currency by lowering purchasing power. It also serves to erode the quantity and quality of marriages while creating distortions in the decision-making processes of those hoping to form marriages and to have children. Furthermore, a loss of purchasing power helps to create relational tension for married couples, contributing to increasing divorce rates throughout the globe.

Jeff Degner 2026

Jeffery L. Degner is a Mises Fellow and AIER Research Fellow in Economics and Economic Freedom.