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Faith and the Compatibility of Science and Religion

Here’s an interview with Vernon Smith concerning the relationship of science to religion. I had no idea Vernon felt this way until I read his Discovery – A Memoir (which he so kindly sent me a few years back), so this interview is of no surprise. Despite Vernon’s genuine achievements the fashionably atheist philosopher would “cock a snook” at…

CFP: Economics in the Era of Natural Computationalism and Big Data

There will be a Cosmos + Taxis sponsored panel so please submit your proposals to C+T’s editor David Emanuel Andersson. agent-based simulationArtificial intelligenceBehavioral economicscomplexitycomputational economicscomputational intelligencecosmos & taxisdata scienceeconometricsEconomicsexperimental economicsFriedrich Hayekhistory of economicsneuroeconomicson- line gaming experimentspolitical economySelf-organization

Austrian Theory and Economic Organization: Reaching Beyond Free Market Boundaries

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…