Hayek

Socialists have always tried to hide the true nature of socialism, presenting it as a mechanism to advance freedom when, in fact, it destroys liberty. Socialism needs to be unmasked.

Joe Stiglitz is a man with a large ego who believes he holds a special knowledge about economics. In his latest book, however, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, his description of what he thought F.A. Hayek believed is a caricature of Hayek‘s thought.

Mainstream economists make too much out of “knowledge.” First, the kind of knowledge one needs to be successful in an economy is not knowing things generally but having an understanding that is more than knowing mere facts. The entrepreneur‘s judgement is ultimately what matters.

I have long argued that Austrian economics should be developed not as an alternative to the current academic discipline of economics but as a replacement for it.

In the aftermath of its recent election debacle, Britain's Conservatives have selected Kemi Badenoch as their new leader. Badenoch describes herself as an "adherent to Austrian Economics." Will it make any difference in Britain's future?

Bob walks through diagrams from Hayek's famous LSE lectures to explain the Austrian view of the boom-bust cycle.

David Glasner shares his perspectives on the famous Sraffa-Hayek debate, a topic on which he has expressed disagreement with Bob in print.

In the aftermath of its recent election debacle, Britain's Conservatives have selected Kemi Badenoch as their new leader. Badenoch describes herself as an "adherent to Austrian Economics." Will it make any difference in Britain's future?

With Europe moving toward conflict in 1938, a number of economists and other intellectuals met in Paris to try to revitalize liberalism. Ludwig von Mises also was there as a lonely voice defending laissez-faire and the free market economy.

While F.A. Hayek contributed much to the Austrian School of Economics, he also supported the establishment of the welfare state, believing that it was compatible with the rule of law. Ludwig von Mises, however, knew that the welfare state is the ubiquitous slippery slope.