François Facchini

Articles

12/23/2022 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics François Facchini

What are the limitations of happiness economics? Is happiness economics biased toward a utopian ideal? François Facchini investigates this new critique of the free market economy.

QJAE: Happiness and Public Spending

10/18/2023 Power & Market François Facchini

The happiness metric is a new form of social engineering, and that as such, happiness economics is biased toward a particular political utopia and scientific ideal.

Apriorism, Introspection, and the Axiom of Action: A Realist Solution

07/30/2014 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics François Facchini

This article deals with the epistemological bases for the axiom of action and more particularly with man’s capacity to have an a priori knowledge.

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