Volume 4, No. 1 (Spring 2001) Wagner charges the Austrian business cycle with “obsolescence,” and describes it as “incoherent.” What is the reason for this denunciation? It is obsolete. It cannot be denied that institutions have changed during these seven decades, but to think that this would call for an alteration of a praxeological theory
Volume 4, No. 2 (Summer 2001) It is within the bowels of government where the real yes-men problem lies. Here, there is no automatic feedback mechanism of the market to rely upon, to quell any incipient tendencies in the direction of yes-manning. At best they are extraordinarily weak; at worst they are nonexistent. Thus, far from Prendergast
Volume 5, No. 1 (Spring 2002) Pipes does make a contribution to our appreciation for private property. It cannot be denied that the book starts out on a high plain. Certainly, Pipes is correct in locating the difficulties suffered by both Russia and later the U.S.S.R. in terms of the lack of appreciation for private property endemic in that
Volume 5, No. 2 (Summer 2002) Austrianism is far more receptive to business and private enterprise than Marxism, and it certainly exceeds neoclassical economics in this regard. In terms of the phenomenon with which we have been concerned—the assumption of full information —Austrianism is far superior to mainstream economics. For one
Volume 6, No. 3 (Fall 2003) The debate concerns the issue of whether the Austrian or the neo-classical vision more closely approaches the truth in economics, with regard to such issues as methodology, indifference, envy , verschtehen , continuity demonstrated preference, welfare economics, public goods, and cardinality. Block, Walter
Volume 7, No. 2 (Summer 2004) Let us begin our analysis by making the distinction between free markets in their pure, laissez faire or capitalist dimension, on the one hand, and market socialism on the other. Markets for the libertarian are at the very core of this philosophical perspective. Free markets are based upon legitimately owned
Volume 7, No. 4 (Winter 2004) The title of this symposium is Austrian Law and Economics: The Contributions of Adolf Reinach and Murray Rothbard . The second part of this title is not at all problematic; these two authors have made many and important contributions to both law and economics. It is therefore of great interest to compare and
Volume 8, No. 2 (Summer 2005) Selgin and White commence their defense of monetary systems with fractional-reserve banking, provided they are based on gold specie money. They argue that such systems are both ethically and economically defensible. With respect to the economics of the matter, they address several issues. We consider them in the
Volume 9, No. 1 (Spring 2006) What sets Austrians apart from mainstream economists is methodology and consequent analyses . The first section contains an analysis of their methods, which are found wanting. Although G&V “tip their hats” to Austrian economics, in section two, “Incompatibility with Austrian Economics,” we challenge their claim
Volume 9, No. 3 (Fall 2006) Rothbard (1993, pp . 638–45) refuted the important economic fallacy that excess capacity is a normal consequence of profit maximizing behavior by businesses in some industries when they are in long-run equilibrium. And, in so doing provided a manifest example of misuse of mathematics in modern economics.
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