Alexander Tabarrok

Articles

Subjective Value Theory: A Reformulation

07/20/2005 Austrian Economics Newsletter Alexander Tabarrok

Volume 12, Number 1 (Fall 1990) The method of Austrian economics stresses the use of words and concepts rather than mathematics, but, unlike mathematics, words and concepts change their meaning...

The Preferred Tax Type: Comment on Herbener

07/20/2005 Review of Austrian Economics Alexander Tabarrok

A standard theorem in neoclassical public finance holds that income taxes are preferred to equal revenue excise taxes. Herbener (1988) rejects this theorem.

Death Taxes: Theory, History, and Ethics

07/20/2005 Essays in Political Economy Alexander Tabarrok

When the state intervenes in family inheritance process, it increases its coffers at the expense of the smooth operation of family, society, and economy.

Media

Why Are US Drug Prices So High?

05/19/2025 Robert P. Murphy Alexander Tabarrok

Alex Tabarrok joins Bob to break down Trump’s drug price executive order, price controls, and the real economics behind Big Pharma and healthcare innovation.

17. Alex Tabarrok on Tolerant Rothbardians, the Market for Kidneys, and Potential Security Flaws in Bitcoin

02/19/2019 Robert P. Murphy Alexander Tabarrok

Bob interviews Alex Tabarrok, professor of economics at George Mason University and co-author of the popular Marginal Revolution blog.

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