Saturday, 26 May 2018

Mike Munger interview about the sharing economy

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From Free Thoughts comes this audio of an interview with Mike Munger about Tomorrow 3.0: Uberizing The Economy. Mike Munger joins Aar...
Monday, 21 May 2018

Firm boundaries and delegation

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Interesting new NBER working paper on the relationship between the boundaries of the firm and delegation within the firm. Come Together...

The world really has gone mad!!

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Where is Richard Dawkins when you need him?!! " Darwin's Plagiarisms: The Greatest Fraud in History: Introduction to the Inherita...
Saturday, 12 May 2018

George Schultz interview

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From the  Jamie Weinstein Show comes this interview with economist and former Secretary of State George P. Schultz. Episode 58: George P...

46 copies sold last year.

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Today I received a note from my publisher telling me that The Theory of the Firm: An overview of the economic mainstream sold a total of 33...
Friday, 11 May 2018

"A Brief Prehistory of the Theory of the Firm" has been published .......

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I think! I say "I think" because its not like my publisher bothered to tell me the book has been published or anything, but beca...
Tuesday, 8 May 2018

"The Value of Rationally Reconstructing Buchanan's Work" with Richard Wagner

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On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast , Jayme Lemke interviews Richard Wagner on James Buchanan's life and legacy, his experien...
Saturday, 5 May 2018

Cover design for "A brief prehistory of the theory of the firm"

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With a bit of luck it will be out in June,  the Routledge webpage is now saying 15 May, but it can be pre-ordered  from the publisher ri...

Thomas Sowell on his new book "Discrimination and Disparities"

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Peter Robinson at Uncommon Knowledge  of the Hoover Institution  interviews Thomas Sowell about his new book Discrimination and Disparities...
Friday, 4 May 2018

Adam Smith's discovery of trade gravity

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From the latest ( Vol. 32 No. 2 Spring 2018 ) issue of the  Journal of Economic Perspectives . Retrospectives: Adam Smith's Discovery ...
Sunday, 29 April 2018

Does fractional reserve banking endanger the economy? A debate

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On April 16, 2018, two free market economists debated a topic that has long divided libertarians. Fractional reserve banking refers to ba...
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Wednesday, 25 April 2018

Lightships and public goods

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From the Economics Detective comes this interview with Vincent Geloso in which he discusses his work with Rosolino Candela on lightships ...

Economists who changed the world

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In this audio from the BBC History Extra  magazine Linda Yueh discusses her new book, The Great Economists , which explores the work and leg...
Sunday, 22 April 2018

On C-span Chris Coyne discusses police militarisation and state surveillance

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Chris Coyne discussed his book, Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism on C-span.

Thomas Sowell and Samuel Bowles on Marx

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From Thomas Sowell's book " On Classical Economics ": Not everybody judges Marx quite so harshly. In a recent article on ...
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Saturday, 21 April 2018

Abby Hall on the boomerang effect and the militarisation of the US domestic police force

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From the Economic Rockstar comes this interview with Abby Hall on the militarisation of the US domestic police force. Abby Hall is an Ass...
Friday, 20 April 2018

Are there limits to free speech?

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In this audio from the IEA Kate Andrews and Steve Davies discuss the limits to free speech. Are there limits to free speech - and if s...
Thursday, 19 April 2018

Dave Rubin interviews Thomas Sowell

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Dr. Thomas Sowell (Economist and Author) joins Dave to discuss his new book “Discrimination & Disparities.” They dive into Dr. Sowell’s...
Saturday, 14 April 2018

CEOs and the family firm

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Do family CEOs work harder? The answer seems to be no. A new paper out in The Review of Financial Studies (31(5) 2018: 1605–53) looks at:...
Friday, 13 April 2018

The determinants of productivity

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From VoxEU.org comes this short video in which Professor John Van Reenen discusses the impact of management on productivity. Competition...