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How the general crisis of lawlessness was addressed in the 1930s? Nathan Goodman interviews Anthony Gregory on his lates...
09/04/2024

How the general crisis of lawlessness was addressed in the 1930s? Nathan Goodman interviews Anthony Gregory on his latest book, discussing Roosevelt’s policies.

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Nathan Goodman chats with Anthony Gregory on his latest book,

How does the war industry's network function? Brigitta Jones and Chris Coyne provide an institutional analysis, explorin...
09/03/2024

How does the war industry's network function? Brigitta Jones and Chris Coyne provide an institutional analysis, exploring the unique economic dynamics of military organizations.

Kenneth Boulding argued that the people and organizations that constitute the war industry hold a special place in economic systems. They blur the line between private and public, and producer and destroyer. At the core of the war industry is the unique military organization, or what Boulding called...

What triggered the shift from the “Golden Age of American Capitalism”? Todd Zywicki challenges the view that neoliberal ...
09/02/2024

What triggered the shift from the “Golden Age of American Capitalism”? Todd Zywicki challenges the view that neoliberal policies alone caused economic decline, uncovering deeper historical and economic complexities.

The Yale Law and Political Economy (“LPE”) Project began in 2017 following the surprising election of Donald Trump as President. In that time, LPE has increasingly emerged into an intellectual and ideological movement particularly at elite law schools involving the efforts of numerous leading ac...

What limits our crisis response capabilities? David Schmidtz explores the constraints of resources, information, and res...
08/30/2024

What limits our crisis response capabilities? David Schmidtz explores the constraints of resources, information, and responsibility that hinder the effective management of global crises.

Filibusters and efforts to defeat them shape the public reputation of U.S. senators and their parties. I develop a formal model to study how senators’ concerns about their own and the opposing party’s reputation influence their behavior in the Senate. In the model, a majority and opposition part...

Kirzner's views on money prices are deeply rooted in the Austrian tradition, emphasizing the importance of individual kn...
08/29/2024

Kirzner's views on money prices are deeply rooted in the Austrian tradition, emphasizing the importance of individual knowledge, entrepreneurial discovery, and the dynamic nature of markets.
Israel Kirzner, The Economic Point of View (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2009), 103.

How does psychology inform economics? Malte Dold and Mario Rizzo introduce Hayekian Psychological Economics, showcasing ...
08/27/2024

How does psychology inform economics? Malte Dold and Mario Rizzo introduce Hayekian Psychological Economics, showcasing a unique integration of mental adaptiveness with economic behavior.

Recently, there has been a lively discussion of “Hayekian Behavioral Economics” in Behavioral Public Policy). We aim to contribute to this debate by identifying the main building blocks of a Hayekian psychology. We highlight that the starting point for Hayek was the quest to understand why human...

How do scholars view constitutional democracy? Paul Lewis and John Meadowcroft explore the evolving debate between James...
08/26/2024

How do scholars view constitutional democracy? Paul Lewis and John Meadowcroft explore the evolving debate between James Buchanan and Vincent Ostrom on designing institutions that foster democratic governance.

This paper examines the relationship between the work of James Buchanan and Vincent Ostrom. It adds to existing work by providing a comprehensive analysis of Buchanan’s and Ostrom’s changing views about how the ‘logical foundations of constitutional democracy’ should be conceptualised.

How does immigration challenge liberal values? Chandran Kukathas examines the dilemmas of freedom and equality in libera...
08/23/2024

How does immigration challenge liberal values? Chandran Kukathas examines the dilemmas of freedom and equality in liberal thought, arguing for more open immigration policies.

Liberals generally believe that people should be free and that all have an equal claim to freedom. The problem, both philosophically and politically, is to figure out (1) how freedom is to be understood and secured, (2) what treating people equally requires, and (3) who counts as the people to be co...

Smith saw justice as crucial for the functioning of markets and the economy. Without justice, trust and cooperation amon...
08/22/2024

Smith saw justice as crucial for the functioning of markets and the economy. Without justice, trust and cooperation among individuals would break down, leading to chaos and inefficiency.
Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982), 86.

How do Austrian economics inform economic history? Mark Koyama highlights the integration of Austrian theoretical insigh...
08/20/2024

How do Austrian economics inform economic history? Mark Koyama highlights the integration of Austrian theoretical insights with economic historical analysis, enriching our understanding of institutional impacts.

This essay examines the relationship between Austrian economics and economic history. It notes their different origins as scholarly fields, and divergent trajectories over the course of the twentieth century, before discussing recent examples of cross-fertilization and pointing to areas of shared in...

How did the Black Mouth Society maintain order? Jordan Lofthouse and Christopher J. Coyne study the governance mechanism...
08/19/2024

How did the Black Mouth Society maintain order? Jordan Lofthouse and Christopher J. Coyne study the governance mechanisms that allowed pre-colonial tribes to self-regulate effectively without state oversight.

This paper analyzes the institutional incentives and constraints of the Black Mouth Society-the traditional police of the precolonial Mandan and Hidatsa tribes-to understand how it successfully maintained social order without abusing power. The Black Mouth Society was a fraternal organization of mid...

How did strategic policies lead to Native land loss? Douglas W. Allen and Bryan Leonard investigate the U.S. government'...
08/16/2024

How did strategic policies lead to Native land loss? Douglas W. Allen and Bryan Leonard investigate the U.S. government's use of late homesteading to secure disputed territories, impacting Native American sovereignty.

U.S. homesteading has been linked to establishing federal sovereignty over western lands threatened by the Confederacy, foreign powers, and the Indian Wars in the last half of the nineteenth century. However, the bulk of homesteading actually took place in the early twentieth century, long after the...

Elinor Ostrom believed that institutional change is most effective when it evolves from the bottom up, allowing local co...
08/15/2024

Elinor Ostrom believed that institutional change is most effective when it evolves from the bottom up, allowing local communities to develop and enforce their own rules for managing common resources based on shared knowledge and collective decision-making.
Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015), 212.

How can autonomy coexist with capitalism? Brian Kogelmann redefines autonomy to align with the disruptive nature of crea...
08/13/2024

How can autonomy coexist with capitalism? Brian Kogelmann redefines autonomy to align with the disruptive nature of creative destruction, offering a solution for ethical economic growth.

This paper examines the tension between creative destruction—an inherent feature of capitalist economies—and the ideal of autonomy. Creative destruction is vital for economic growth, but it undermines the conditions necessary for autonomy by disrupting individuals’ ability to plan their lives....

How do politics affect military base redevelopment? Chandler S. Reilly and Christopher J. Coyne examine the role of poli...
08/12/2024

How do politics affect military base redevelopment? Chandler S. Reilly and Christopher J. Coyne examine the role of political economy in repurposing military bases, highlighting challenges like rent-seeking and resource misallocation.

The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process has been through five rounds since 1988 and resulted in the closure of 121 major military bases. The design of BRAC tied the hands of Congress and limited political influences over bases chosen for closure. However, researchers have overlooked politica...

How does private property bolster liberty? Rosolino Candela explores how libertarianism, rooted in private property righ...
08/09/2024

How does private property bolster liberty? Rosolino Candela explores how libertarianism, rooted in private property rights, supports broader societal values beyond individual freedom.

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the institutional foundations of an approach to political theory known as libertarianism. The institutional cornerstone of liberty is a framework of private property rights. However, the concept of private property itself and its inherent link...

Smith's research shows that while individuals aim to make rational decisions, their behavior often deviates from theoret...
08/08/2024

Smith's research shows that while individuals aim to make rational decisions, their behavior often deviates from theoretical predictions due to cognitive biases and contextual influences, highlighting the role of market structures in shaping economic outcomes.
Vernon Smith, Bargaining and Market Behavior: Essays in Experimental Economics (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000), 24.

Are cities green? On this week of the  , listen to Justus Enninga discuss all things urban planning.
08/07/2024

Are cities green? On this week of the , listen to Justus Enninga discuss all things urban planning.

Welcome back to the Environmental Economics series, hosted by Jordan Lofthouse.

08/07/2024

Today we celebrate Elinor Ostrom’s 91st birthday! Her groundbreaking work on governing common-pool resources revolutionized our understanding. Dive into her seminal book, 'Governing the Commons,' to learn more about her legacy.

How do social factors influence political change? Mikayla Novak explores how dynamics like social identity and power sha...
08/06/2024

How do social factors influence political change? Mikayla Novak explores how dynamics like social identity and power shape the spread of utopian ideas, enriching traditional economic models.

Recent studies have outlined models of socio-political change, albeit primarily based on economic foundations. These studies suggest that citizens invest economic resources supporting their preferred “utopian” state of the world, with dynamics interpreted as a coevolutionary process between comp...

How do Law and Political Economy misinterpret markets? Peter J. Boettke and Rosolino A. Candela critique LPE's oversight...
08/05/2024

How do Law and Political Economy misinterpret markets? Peter J. Boettke and Rosolino A. Candela critique LPE's oversight of the essential role legal frameworks play in shaping market outcomes.

In recent years, a burgeoning literature under the intellectual umbrella of the “Law and Political Economy” (LPE) project has emerged, in response to an alleged disregard of the political and social embeddedness of both law and economics. The focus of our paper will be to render these assumption...

How do arms transfers impact recipient countries? Abigail R. Hall, Mariam Anelisse Reyes Sandoval, Karla Segovia, and Na...
08/02/2024

How do arms transfers impact recipient countries? Abigail R. Hall, Mariam Anelisse Reyes Sandoval, Karla Segovia, and Nathan P. Goodman examine U.S. military aid to El Salvador, revealing how such support often fuels conflict rather than fostering stability.

Many governments have transferred physical and human capital to other governments as a form of military assistance. These transfers are intended to improve the recipient’s governing capabilities and achieve foreign policy goals. These capital transfers, however, are also “coercion-enabling,” a...

Don Lavoie argued that central economic planning is inherently flawed due to the impossibility of efficiently gathering ...
08/01/2024

Don Lavoie argued that central economic planning is inherently flawed due to the impossibility of efficiently gathering and utilizing the dispersed knowledge necessary for effective decision-making.
Don Lavoie, National Economic Planning: What Is Left? (Arlington: Mercatus Center, [1985] 2016), 42.

How does Mises redefine economic thought? Peter J. Boettke illustrates Mises's pivotal role in clarifying the dynamic in...
07/30/2024

How does Mises redefine economic thought? Peter J. Boettke illustrates Mises's pivotal role in clarifying the dynamic interactions within markets and individual decision-making.

Ludwig von Mises and Frank Knight were the two towering intellectual leaders in the mid 20th century of economic liberalism. As teachers and scholars they shaped the discourse on economic liberalism for the remainder of the 20th century and to this day continue to do so. They both made major contrib...

How do institutions evolve? Desiree Desierto and Mark Koyama analyze the dynamic interplay of conflict and cooperation i...
07/29/2024

How do institutions evolve? Desiree Desierto and Mark Koyama analyze the dynamic interplay of conflict and cooperation in driving institutional change.

How does institutional change take place? This question poses a number of challenges for scholars working in the New Institutional tradition. We first discuss how institutions have been conceptualized as either ``rules of the game'' or as ``equilibria''. The rules of the game perspective suggests th...

07/29/2024

Today we celebrate the 219th anniversary of Alexis de Tocqueville’s birth. His observations are fundamental to understanding that a vibrant civil society is crucial for a healthy democracy.

How does Njoya critique modern equality laws? Smith Alum Chad Van Schoelandt reviews Njoya's support for classical liber...
07/26/2024

How does Njoya critique modern equality laws? Smith Alum Chad Van Schoelandt reviews Njoya's support for classical liberalism over equity-focused policies in contexts of racial diversity.

Wanjiru Njoya’s Economic Freedom and Social Justice insightfully examines the foundations and effects of contemporary equality law, mainly applied to issues of employment and race. On this topic, Njoya criticizes approaches requiring what people variously describe as “equity” in contrast with ...

Bastiat argued that government intervention, often arising from what he termed "legal plunder," was not only economicall...
07/25/2024

Bastiat argued that government intervention, often arising from what he termed "legal plunder," was not only economically inefficient but morally wrong.
Frédéric Bastiat, Essays on Political Economy, vol. 2, That Which is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen, (United Kingdom: W. G. & F. G. Cash, 1853), 19-20.

How do supply restrictions affect health outcomes? Listen to this episode of the   featuring Matt Mitchell on Certificat...
07/25/2024

How do supply restrictions affect health outcomes? Listen to this episode of the featuring Matt Mitchell on Certificates of Need.

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Bobbi Herzberg interviews Matt Mitchell on Certificate of Need (CON) laws

How did Richard Posner transform law and economics? Alain Marciano examines Posner's pivotal role in shaping law and eco...
07/23/2024

How did Richard Posner transform law and economics? Alain Marciano examines Posner's pivotal role in shaping law and economics, highlighting its ideological underpinnings and market-centric focus.

Posner’s masterpiece, Economic Analysis of Law was published in 1973. The importance of this book has largely been noted and its content scrutinized. One aspect has in particular been emphasized, it was the moment when law-and-economics became a new field or, rather, when a second and radically ne...

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