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Nicolai J. Foss

Works Published inMises Daily ArticleQuarterly Journal of Austrian EconomicsReview of Austrian Economics, Volumes 1-10Libertarian PapersArticles of Interest

Nicolai J Foss is the Rodolfo Debenedetti Chair of Entrepreneurship at the Bocconi University, Milano.

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March and Simon: Early Socialist Calculation Revisionists

Entrepreneurship
01/17/2019Power & Market

In their classic text Organizations, James March and Herbert Simon present a sympathetic reading of the Austrian — mainly Hayekian — positions in the socialist calculation debate.

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Austrian Economics and the Transaction Cost Approach to the Firm

Calculation and KnowledgeEntrepreneurshipProduction Theory

10/26/2018Libertarian Papers
Why are there many firms in the world, and not just one, big mega-corporation? The answer lies in the problem of calculating costs and prices.
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Old Wine in Old Bottles? A Nobel for Clever Packaging?

World HistoryOther Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog10/17/2018

The Nobel committee this year showed that it has embraced clever economic modeling as a replacement for scientific progress.

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The Austrians, the Mainstream, and "Mainline" Economics

Austrian Economics Overview

Blog07/05/2017
Boettke’s book Living Economics is very personal, and is a portrait of a specific way of thinking about Austrian economics and practicing it.
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Review of Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by Peter Boettke

Austrian Economics Overview

01/11/2017Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics
This is a book about the general applicability of economics and how it “affects all walks of life.”
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