Putnam on Objective Ethics in Economics
While Hilary Putnam was not a friend of free-market economics and remained a socialist throughout his life, he made important contributions to the subject of ethics.
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Central Banks Have Broken the True Savings-Lending Relationship
While the usual characters praise central banks for supposedly bringing economic stability, Dr. Shostak explains that their presence makes things unstable because they break the relationship between saving and lending.
Love, Fear, and the Law of Good Intentions
Today, progressives govern by the law of good intentions, and when government has good intentions, the results, no matter how disastrous, don't matter.
It Didn’t Begin with FDR: Currency Devaluation in the Roman Empire
No matter the historical era, governments have excelled at one thing: debasing their own currency. Rome was no exception, as Roman government excesses required inflation—lots of inflation.
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Nashville, Tennessee
Join us in Nashville for our annual Libertarian Scholars Conference!
Understanding How Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates Work
Popular commentators and politicians often express loud opinions about exchange rates and balance of payments. As Dr. Frank Shostak writes, the facts differ widely from popular perception.
Economic Calculation
A socialist management would be like a man forced to spend his life blindfolded.
Modern Portfolio Theory: Economics without Praxeology
Modern portfolio theory, while popular with many economists, runs into serious problems when examined through the lens of Austrian economics
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Grove City, Pennsylvania
Grove City College will host the fifteenth annual Austrian Student Scholars Conference, February 21-22, 2020.
Call for Papers: Austrian Entrepreneurship Theory
The timing is right for pursuing Austrian themes and further leveraging Austrian theory in entrepreneurship, and extending and elaborating on Austrian entrepreneurship theory.
