Economic Thought through the Ages
This course, the first of a two-part series, will cover the first volume of An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought.
Krugman on Heterodox Economics
I thought fellow Austrians would be interested in an excerpt from Krugman’s 1997 paper in Foreign Affairs, “Is Capitalism Too Productive,”
State Senator Tom Davis endorses…
…the Mises Academy!
State Senator Tom Davis (who also just endorsed Ron Paul for president) of South Carolina (which is about to have its primary) posted this on his Facebook page last Tuesday:
How Deflationary Forces Will Be Turned into Inflation
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The ongoing financial and economic crisis has not only stoked fears that it will end in inflation — as central banks will print up ever-greater amounts of money — but it has also given rise to a diametrically opposed concern: namely, that of deflation.
For instance, in December 2011 Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), warned that the world might risk sliding into a 1930s-style slump, such as the Great Depression.
Labor Economics with Walter Block
Unhappily, if we want more things than are now available to us, we must labor to create them. But why jobs? Why don’t we each work for ourselves?
The Pagan View
Most human beings cling to the ancient superstition that they are not self-controlling and not responsible for their own acts.
Time Is Money: Capital and Interest
Postwar Rent Controls
Rent-control laws cause housing shortages.
Jeremy Bentham: From Laissez-Faire to Statism
Economics in One Meme
I spent part of yesterday afternoon making Economics Memes for my classes. You can find the results here. The memes are to complement my “Nine Principles of Economics” post and my IHS “Economics on One Foot” video.
