Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.

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The Austrian Economists and the Late Habsburg Viennese Milieu

07/10/2018 Review of Austrian Economics Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.

[Originally published in the Review of Austrian Economics 2 (1988).] Ludwig von Mises observed, “It is customary to trace the influence that the milieu exerted upon the achievements of genius” (1969...

F.A. Hayek on Constructivism and Ethics

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.

Long before receiving his Nobel Prize, Friedrich von Hayek was well respected in the academic community. John Maynard Keynes had glowing praise for Hayek’s 1944 The Road to Serfdom. Milton Friedman...

Intergenerational Invisible Hand: A Comment on Sartorius’s “Government Regulation and Intergenerational Justice”

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.

In “Government Regulation and Intergenerational Justice,” Rolf Sartorius argues that some government regulation is justified in order to protect the rights of the unborn.’ More than half of his paper...

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