Richard E. Wagner

Wagner is a professor of economics at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.

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Boom and Bust: The Political Economy of Economic Disorder

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Richard E. Wagner

Adam Smith noted in 1776 that “What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.” The Classical economists generally believed that principles of...

Who Owes What, and To Whom? Public Debt, Richardian Equivalence, and Governmental Form

02/24/1996 Review of Austrian Economics Richard E. Wagner

The Review of Austrian Economics Vol. 9, No. 2 (1996)

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