H/T to Sanford Ikeda (click image for podcast). Sandy (with Gene Callahan) has written on this topic for C+T (issue 1:3): “Jane Jacobs’ Critique of Rationalism in Urban Planning”. Austrian Economicscitiescosmos & taxisEconomicseconomics detectiveemergent orderGene CallahanJane JacobsPierre DesrochersrationalismSanford IkedaSpontaneous order
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The first volume (of two) edited by Guinevere Liberty Nell. The Austrian economic school famously predicted and explained the problems of calculation in a socialist society. With their concept of spontaneous order, they challenged mainstream economists to look beyond simplified static models and consider the dynamic and evolutionary characteristics of social orders. However, many feel that…
Coming soon: The first and only encyclopedia to focus on the economic and financial behaviors of consumers, investors, and organizations, including an exploration of how people make good—and bad—economic decisions. Features • Contains an informative introductory essay that familiarizes students with the various aspects of behavioral economics Provides a list of additional readings for those…
With the cessation of operations for the journal Studies in Emergent Order C+T have agreed to host and make available SIEO’s full back catalogue of papers comprising a Who’s Who of Austrians and their sympathizers. Austrian Schoolcomplexitydistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeEconomicsEmbodied cognitionFriedrich HayekPhilosophy of mindsituated cognitionsocial epistemologySocial SciencesSpontaneous order
Now that the ms has been shipped off to the publisher here is the finalized lineup: Foreword — Vernon Smith Adam Smith as a Scottish Philosopher — Gordon Graham Friendship in Commercial Society Revisited: Adam Smith on Commercial Friendship — Spyridon Tegos Adam Smith and French Political Economy: Parallels and Differences — Laurent Dobuzinskis Adam Smith: 18th Century…
Greg Mankiw, the WP, TIME, UChicago and WSJ report the passing of Gary Becker. Here is his Nobel page and his Wiki page. I had tried to make contact with him some two years ago to no avail. discriminationEconomicsGary BeckerSociology
It’s about time that Hayek had a dedicated entry in the SEP. I’ve been “lobbying” for FAH’s inclusion for some time now. Here is the stated brief of the article: This essay concentrates on this enduring theme [spontaneous order] of Hayek’s work, and a question: why would the scholar who did more than anyone in the…
Nassim Taleb talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his recent paper (with Constantine Sandis) on the morality and effectiveness of “skin in the game.” When decision makers have skin in the game–when they share in the costs and benefits of their decisions that might affect others–they are more likely to make prudent decisions than…
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