The Scam That Is Urban “Land Use” Planning
Government planners admit they don't know how consumers actually want to use city land. But that doesn't stop them from regulating every lot in town.
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How Sound Economics Birthed the Video-Game Era
Technological know-how is not enough to make a high-tech endeavor successful.
Like Returning Gifts? Thank the Market
For Austrians, competition entails not only vigorous price cutting, but intense competition in terms of product quality, return policies, and more.
Why Profit Is So Important
Profit has nothing to do with exploitation. It is about the most efficient use of real funding or real savings.
Entrepreneurship: Kirzner vs. Mises
Mises conceives of the entrepreneur as the uncertainty-bearer. For Kirzner, entrepreneurship becomes reduced to the quality of alertness.
Classical-Liberal Exploitation Theory
Real exploitation in society is perpetrated upon the productive classes (the taxpayers) by the parasite class (the state).
Cradles of Capitalism: the City-States of Greece and Italy
Ancient and Renaissance city-states were some of the greatest incubators of economic and entrepreneurial activity.
The Truth About the “Robber Barons”
Most of the businessmen we now call Robber Barons got rich by using the power of the state, and not by serving their customers in a free market.
Opportunity and the Entrepreneur
The discovery and (potential) exploitation of opportunities is proposed as the unit of analysis for entrepreneurship research.
J.B. Say Salvages the Entrepreneur
If Adam Smith purged economic thought of the very existence of the entrepreneur, J.B. Say, to his everlasting credit, brought him back.
