George D. R. Pickering

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Will Aliens Trigger the Next Financial Crisis?

03/11/2026 Mises Wire George D. R. Pickering

In 2011, Paul Krugman infamously declared that the US could revitalize its slow economy if it were to prepare for an invasion of space aliens. Would the real presence of aliens, however, touch off an economic crisis?

Economic Illiteracy Handicaps Britain’s New Right Wing Party

03/27/2025 Mises Wire George D. R. Pickering

Britain‘s new populist party, Reform UK, has done well in the polls but is embarking on head-scratching proposals to deal with energy issues. Instead of pushing market reforms, RUK is proposing a mix of subsidies, taxes, and prohibition to respond to high energy prices.

Self-Described “Austrian” Is New Leader of UK Conservative Party: Should Kemi Badenoch Give Us Hope?

12/06/2024 Mises Wire George D. R. Pickering

In the aftermath of its recent election debacle, Britain's Conservatives have selected Kemi Badenoch as their new leader. Badenoch describes herself as an "adherent to Austrian Economics." Will it make any difference in Britain's future?

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Atomic Salvation: Did the Atom Bombs Save 500,000 to 32 Million Lives?

01/07/2025 George D. R. Pickering

The US went to war 83 years ago today with Japan‘s attack on Pearl Harbor. It ended with Japan‘s surrender after US bombers dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The myth lives on to this day that the bombs ended the war prematurely, saving millions of lives.

Self-Described “Austrian” Is New Leader of UK Conservative Party: Should Kemi Badenoch Give Us Hope?

01/07/2025 George D. R. Pickering

The Forgotten Greatness of Rothbard’s Preface to Theory and History

07/01/2020 George D. R. Pickering

Providing the opening for Mises’s great methodological work gave Rothbard the opportunity to set down his perspective on the importance of the praxeological method.

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