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In short, big. A new paper just out in the Journal of Political Economy (vol. 125, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 293-337) look at " The Car...

The obvious answer that most people would give would give is yes, but that answer may be wrong. Having a monopoly may not be a problem if ...

From David Beckworth’s podcast series, Macro Musings comes this audio of an interview with Steve Hankie on hyperinflation. Steve Hanke i...

This video comes from Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson at the Hoover Institution . Professor Douglas Irwin defends the benefits of...

This is from a short interview with Dennis W. Carlton, the David McDaniel Keller Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business at ...

In the comments to the previous posting " A brief prehistory of the theory of the firm 2 " Mark Hubbard asks , I have no great...

This is the latest version of the paper and is likely the last version. I can't be bothered making any more corrections or additions to ...

At the Cafe Hayek blog Don Boudreaux has been writing wise words to the Wall Street Journal about trade deficits. Boudreaux writes in resp...

From NPR 's Plant Money comes this audio on Some of this story may sound familiar. Some of it may sound downright bizarre. In t...

Professor Ed Glaeser outlines five key lessons for policymakers in developing countries who want to implement effective urban policies. The...

Currently we see a growth in mercantilist type ideas with regard to trade policy and, some would claim, a growth in fascist ideas. Is there ...

From an article by Eric Crampton at newsroom , When I lectured at the University of Canterbury, Associate Professor Seamus Hogan wanted t...

Statistical significance, especially in small samples, is a problem in all empirical social science, including economics. Here statistician,...

You have to love a heading like that! It comes not from me but from the ever insightful Don Boudreaux at the Cafe Hayek blog. Boudreaux is...

Peter Navarro's very strange views on trade have been attacked by many economists, from all parts of the political spectrum, recently. D...

From Stuff comes this bit of news : A city council committee is advancing plans to create a "Christchurch dollar" and wants a m...

Jeff Berwick interviews Jeffrey Tucker (Director of Content for the Foundation for Economic Education ), topics include: Jeff Tucker's ...

The Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture 2017, sponsored by Helio Beltrão, by Per Bylund. Bylund is an assistant professor of entrepreneurshi...

Or are they? But before one jumps to the conclusion that therefore corporations should be denied the right to influence political decision...

Some good news is reported in the New Zealand Herald , An Auckland central city stadium wouldn't get Government funding, Prime Minist...