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Thursday, 9 August 2018

An interview with Vernon Smith

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From the IEA comes this interview of Professor Vernon Smith by Kate Andrews. Professor Smith gives his analysis of current economic trend...
Tuesday, 31 July 2018

Bruce Caldwell on F.A. Hayek, economic history, and his life's work

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From the Hayek Program Podcast comes this audio in which Peter Boettke interviews Bruce Caldwell on the life and work of F.A. Hayek. On t...
Friday, 27 July 2018

The latest Big Mac Index

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From The Economist magazine comes their latest iteration of the Big Mac Index : On the raw data version, shown above, the New Zealand ...
Friday, 20 July 2018

Unemployment and domestic violence

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Dan Anderberg spends a couple of mintues talking about his research on the link between unemployment and domestic violence.
Thursday, 12 July 2018

Talk on Adam Smith by Jesse Norman

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At a time when economics and politics are both increasingly polarized between left and right, this book, Adam Smith: What He Thought, and W...
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Monday, 9 July 2018

A brief note for @LewSOS

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This note is a brief explanation for comments I made in an interesting twitter exchange with @LewSOS. To start lets us define a socialist ...
Sunday, 8 July 2018

20% off

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I've just noticed that the Book Depository is offering 20% off on my two favourite books right now. The Theory of the Firm: An...
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Thursday, 5 July 2018

Can governments pick winners?

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The short answer is, most likely, no. Two minutes on this question from Dave Donaldson. Examples of geographical clustering in industries,...
Wednesday, 4 July 2018

It really does exist!!

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I was beginning to wonder. Now go out and buy it! All of you!!
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Race and economic opportunity in the United States

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The sources of racial disparities in income have been debated for decades. This column uses data on 20 million children and their parents t...

When it comes to entrepreneurs, youth isn't everything

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While it is a widely held belief that youth and entrepreneurship go hand in hand, research finds that more successful entrepreneurs laun...
Friday, 29 June 2018

Two minutes on the minimum wage

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Professor David Neumark a very quick summary of the research into the effects of minimum wage policy. To read Professor Neumark's 2...
Tuesday, 26 June 2018

The gender earnings gap in the gig economy

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A new NBER working paper on the gender wage gap. The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from over a Million Rideshare Drive...
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...
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