Why mathematics and modeling should not be equated with economics and human action
byA very intelligent friend of mine of markedly different political persuasions said the other day that he avoided “technical economic arguments” with me as…
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The Jewish Chronicle publishes an article on MA
byVia Honesty is best policy | The Jewish Chronicle, I set out MA, the Austrian measure of the money supply developed by Dr Anthony J…
The curse of Babel
byA very old and well known story is told in Genesis 11. It is the story of the curse of Babel: Now the whole…
A fascinating Austrian encounter with China’s top think-tank
byA couple of weeks ago in the offices of the Adam Smith Institute, I addressed more than twenty of China’s most senior economic thinkers…
Book Review: The Tragedy of the Euro, by Philipp Bagus
byThe world centre of gravity of the Austrian Economics movement has long been the United States, especially since Ludwig von Mises arrived there on…
ConservativeHome, Steve Baker MP: The greatest threat to civilisation is not climate change but bad economics
byOver at ConservativeHome, I have set out the case that The greatest threat to civilisation is not climate change but bad economics: Unfortunately, an…
What Austrian business cycle theory does and does not claim as true
byIn May I linked to an article I wrote over at the IEA blog: What Austrian business cycle theory does and does not claim…
My talk on “Contemporary work in Austrian Economics”
byTowards the end of September I gave a talk on “Contemporary work in Austrian Economics” for the Adam Smith Institute. It was part of…
Dr Eamonn Butler, “Austrian Economics – A Primer”
byFollowing his introduction to Mises, Dr Eamonn Butler has released his latest book, Austrian Economics – A Primer. I recommend it strongly if you want…
Austrian Economic eloquence at the IEA
byBrian Micklethwait attended the Cobden Centre luncheon at the IEA on Friday, on The crisis and the Austrian theory of the business cycle, and…