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Per Bylund

Tags The EntrepreneurCalculation and KnowledgeCapital and Interest TheoryEntrepreneurshipProduction Theory

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Per Bylund, PhD, is a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Johnny D. Pope Chair in the School of Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University, and an Associate Fellow of the Ratio Institute in Stockholm. He has previously held faculty positions at Baylor University and the University of Missouri. Dr. Bylund has published research in top journals in both entrepreneurship and management as well as in both the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and the Review of Austrian Economics. He is the author of three full-length books: How to Think about the Economy: A Primer, The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized: How Regulations Affect our Everyday Lives, and The Problem of Production: A New Theory of the Firm. He has edited The Modern Guide to Austrian Economics and The Next Generation of Austrian Economics: Essays In Honor of Joseph T. Salerno. He has founded four business startups and writes a column for Entrepreneur magazine. For more information see PerBylund.com.

How to Think about the Economy: A Primer

Austrian Economics Overview

08/17/2022Books
From the Preface ... This little book was written to accomplish something big: economic literacy. It is intentionally kept very short to be inviting rather than intimidating, as economics books typically are. If I managed to meet this bar, you, the reader, will gain life-changing understanding of...
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The Market Process Is Not a Knowledge Problem

HayekCalculation and KnowledgePricesProduction Theory

Blog06/05/2023

While F.A. Hayek's famous 1945 essay effectively critiques the "perfect information" hypothesis, it is an inadequate explanation of the issue of economic calculation.

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Do People Value Money Because They Need It to Pay Taxes?

Taxes and SpendingMonetary TheoryOther Schools of ThoughtValue and Exchange

06/02/2023Mises Media
Per Bylund joins Bob to discuss his new paper at the QJAE, which points out several flaws in the MMT claim that money is valued in order to pay taxes.
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Are Libertarians Abandoning Free Trade?

LibertarianismPhilosophyPoliticsProtectionism and Free Trade

05/09/2023Mises Media
A bedrock of Austrian economics and libertarianism has been free trade. Unfortunately, some people who claim to value liberty no longer value unhampered exchange.
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Are Libertarians Abandoning Free Trade?

LibertarianismProtectionism and Free Trade

Blog04/24/2023

A bedrock of Austrian economics and libertarianism has been free trade. Unfortunately, some people who claim to value liberty no longer value unhampered exchange.

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Will AI Steal Our Jobs (or End Us)?

Global EconomyLabor and Wages

04/21/2023Mises Media
Should the latest version of chatbots even be called "intelligent"? Per Bylund joins Bob to debunk the worries over AI taking your job.
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