All Articles tagged history of economic thought

• Articles
  September 30, 2021 CDT
  The Long Rehabilitation of Frank Fetter
  Matthew McCaffrey

  On the rise, decline, and rise again of one of the great American economic theorists, Frank Fetter, as well as the Austrian school itself and its rise, decline, and renaissance.

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• Book Reviews
  September 28, 2020 CDT
  Book Review: “The Marginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian Economists Fought the War of Ideas”
  Samuel Bostaph

  Sam Bostaph's review of Janek Wasserman's recent book shows that while it contains an interesting social history of Austrian economics, it misconstrues key ideas and ends with needless ad hominem.

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• Remembering
  May 20, 2020 CDT
  Remembering Oskar Morganstern
  Richard Ebeling

  Richard Ebeling remembers economist Oskar Morgenstern, co-developer of modern game theory who studied with Austrian economists Friedrich von Wieser and Hans Mayer and was once an assistant to Friedrich Hayek.

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• Book Reviews
  May 20, 2020 CDT
  Book Review: “The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society”
  David Gordon

  David Gordon reviews Binyamin Appelbaum's "The Economists' Hour," in which Applebaum argues that manipulable consumers are competent to select wise leaders, and blames the market for the failures of government.

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• Book Reviews
  March 21, 2020 CDT
  Book Review: “The Marginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian Economists Fought the War of Ideas”
  David Gordon

  David Gordon reviews Janek Wasserman's "The Marginal Revolutionaries" and finds some concerning errors and misunderstandings.

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