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Should We Get Rid of Guns?
You will not be surprised to learn that my answer is no, but what I’d like to discuss in this...
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Keynesian Supply Shocks and Hayekian Secondary Deflations
Abstract: In response to the COVID-19 lockdown policies, Guerrieri et al. (2020) developed a new concept: the Keynesian supply shock....
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The Colonization Cost Theory of Anarchic Emergence
Abstract: The paper describes the colonization cost theory of anarchic emergence. The theory states that when the state incurs high...
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Mexico Flirts with Nationalizing Its Electricity Sector
Mexico finds itself in the middle of an energy debate. En bloc, the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO),...
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On the Cause and Effect of Interest Rates
It is a common idea, accepted by all those who have written on commerce, that an increased quantity of money...
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The Long Rehabilitation of Frank Fetter
Abstract: Economics has long history of “rehabilitations,” including W.H. Hutt’s rehabilitation of Say’s law, and Alfred Marshall’s attempt to rehabilitate...
Read moreOn Professor Ludwig von Mises’s 70th Birthday
Abstract: This newly translated tribute to Ludwig von Mises was written by Hans Mayer on the occasion of Mises’s 70th...
Read moreAnatomy of Liberty in Don Quijote de la Mancha: Religion, Feminism, Slavery, Politics, and Economics in the First Modern Novel
Anatomy of Liberty in Don Quijote de la Mancha: Religion, Feminism, Slavery, Politics, and Economics in the First Modern Novelby...
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The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynesby Zachary D. CarterNew York: Random House, 2020,...
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Why It’s Important to Prepare Students for “Trick Questions”
I have taught economics long enough that I have made use of a variety of “trick” questions in introductory courses....
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