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Drawing on her doctoral dissertation, Sandye Gloria-Palermo has undertaken a history-of-thought survey of the Austrian tradition from Menger to Lachmann. In the process she considers the works of Böhm-Bawerk, 

From The Review of Austrian Economics Vol. 5, No. 1, 1991.

Mark Skousen Saving the Depression: A New Look at World War II Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Paper Capture Plug-in

The latest exploits of Lance Armstrong in this year's Tour de France, writes Jim Fedako, provide a solid backdrop for discussions contrasting the economic ideas of the Austrian School and the adherents of Public Choice.

Recorded at Mises University 2004.

Recorded at Mises University 2004.

The Jedi sacrifice truth and justice to ambition, writes Adam Young. May this serve as a warning to all who see in emergency circumstances a reason to betray principles and adopt the methods of the Dark Side. 

Communist Parties are still alive and well, even in post-communist countries. Luca Ferrini speculates that the larger the state, the more it corrupts the mind and the culture. Communism means never having to leave the nest.

The debate still continues. It is all about Mises’ initial article and then book on Socialism in 1922. He demonstrated the necessity of the price system and showed how subjective values were transformed into objective prices which could be used as meaningful cardinal numbers in economic calculation.