Is the assumption of self-interested behavior assumed in economics at odds with altruism and compassion? I believe that this question—which has been formulated in various ways in the literature for the past two centuries—is the thorn that often turns us away from reconciling the Adam Smith of the Wealth of Nations (hereinafter WN) with the…
Newly published as open access in Frontiers in Psychology. At long last Hayek makes an appearance outside of Austrian and behavioral circles though myself and others been banging on about him as a situated theorist for yonks. See Bill Butos’ (ed.) The Social Science of Hayek’s The Sensory Order. economic reasoning is never just an…
As is well known, Adam Smith spent about two years in Europe, most of it in France. It was in fact during his stay in Toulouse that he began to work on what became The Wealth of Nations (WN); but what proved decisive for the deepening of his understanding of market processes were his encounters…
Our contribution to a Palgrave blog (typos will be corrected). Austrian Economicsclassical liberalismEconomicsFriedrich HayekG.L.S. shackleHistory of Economic Thoughtpolitical economysteven pinker
Whoa! This could be interesting. Brian HurleyEconomicsFriedrich HayekJapanLiberalismliberalityLiterature
Here is the first (and timely) offering from the series Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism. Austrian Economicsclassical liberalismEconomicsequalitymikayla novakpolitical economyPolitical philosophy
My chum Graham MacDonald’s new book is now available. aestheticsConservatismEconomicsGraham MacDonaldjohn ruskinnatural lawpolitical economyPolitical philosophyVictoriana
Gábor István Bíró in the Journal of Evolutionary Economics. Economicsevolutionary economicsexpertiseFriedrich HayekkeynesMichael Polanyipolitical economyTacit knowledgethe sensory order
Marion Fourcade in the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics. Austrian Schooldistributed knowledgeEconomicsFriedrich HayekMarion FourcadeSociology
It will be interesting to see if this project actually gets off the ground. To my mind it should be either a fully-fledged theatrical story or a standard documentary — I find documentaries with interspersed reconstructed scenes tiresome and unconvincing. Austrian EconomicsCarl MengerEconomicsFriedrich HayekLiberalismLibertarianismLudwig von Mises
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