Edwin G. Dolan

Articles

Austrian Environmental Economics Redux: A Reply to Art Carden and Walter Block

04/30/2015 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Edwin G. Dolan

This short article emphasizes the importance of an institutional framework for environmental mass torts, without which a strict application of libertarian ethics leads to corner solutions in which there is a coordination failure.

The Austrian Paradigm in Environmental Economics: Theory and Practice

08/21/2014 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Edwin G. Dolan

In the introduction to the proceedings of the South Royalton conference, I suggested that Austrian economics had the potential not just to survive but also to achieve what Thomas Kuhn (1962) calls a scientific revolution. Such a revolution would fundamentally change the way practitioners of a field saw the world as a new paradigm came to replace the dominant one. What can we say of the success of Austrian economics in that regard?

Publications

TANSTAAFL: A Libertarian Perspective on Environmental Policy

01/11/2016 Edwin G. Dolan

In its most basic application, the TANSTAAFL principle is a simple statement of reality: everything of value has a cost. The TANSTAAFL principle can also be interpreted as a mandate for a policy of full-cost pricing. In a world where resources are

Media

The Austrian Paradigm in Environmental Economics

03/22/2014 Edwin G. Dolan

The F. A. Hayek Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Butler Shaffer. Recorded at the 2014 Austrian Economics Research Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on 21 March 2014.

South Royalton After 40 Years

03/25/2014 Edwin G. Dolan

Part 2 from the 7 part panel recorded at the 2014 Austrian Economics Research Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on 22 March 2014. Sponsored by Jing Jin and Wai Chan. Also includes remarks by Joseph T. Salerno.

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