Jeffrey Tucker interviews Vlad Topan, president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Romania (online at Mises.ro). Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on December 9th,
From the session on “Austrian Theory and Method,” presented at the Austrian Economics Research Conference. Recorded 23 March 2013 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
Volume 16, No. 3 (Fall 2013) The present paper aims at showing that two particular types of arguments in favor of the pure time preference theory of interest ( PTPTI ) are mistaken. First, the idea that the logical opposite of time reference consists in the proposition that, other things equal, one must always prefer the future (and that therefore
Mihai Vladimir Topan Volume 15, Number 1 (Spring 2012) In his Man, Economy, and State , Murray Rothbard introduces the catallactic function of decision-making owner, and the correspondent income of decision-making ability rent. These are supposed to exist both in ERE (they are, therefore, distinct from the capitalist function and his income, from
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