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[14] October 29, 2014 at 8:09pm
The IRS is out of control and needs to be abolished.
In reply to the story The IRS Closed This Grandmother's Bank Account and Seized Nearly $33,000 From Her — but Wait Until You Hear Her 'Crime'
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[4] October 29, 2014 at 8:11pm
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[6] October 15, 2014 at 3:57am
The people there need to vote out EVERY school board member who voted to uphold this expulsion, then demand the Superintendent be fired for incompetence. This no-talent clowns masquerading as "educators" need to be shown the door and replaced with people of common sense.
[1] September 28, 2014 at 4:42pm
There's nothing more INtolerant than an "open-minded" liberal. Funny how they cherry pick those they give a pass too (Islamo-Fascists, the gay mafia, race baiters, femi-Nazis, climate change data fudgers, etc.), but they absolutely won't even listen to anyone who provides an opposing view to the above groups.
[3] August 29, 2014 at 11:02am
It's NOT discrimination. They and millions if other people believe firmly that marriage = one man + one woman. That's what it's meant for thousands of years, and what it's always meant for the entirety of our lifetimes. This us about turning the world upside down and redefining the term "marriage" to mean something else to satisfy the desires of less than 2% of the population.
In reply to the story After Being Fined and Forced to Host Gay Weddings, Christian Farm Owners Make Drastic Decision That 'Will Likely Hurt Their Business'
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[1] August 30, 2014 at 7:15pm
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[3] August 25, 2014 at 7:27pm
We need to STOP yielding to all of this Political Correctness BS!!!!
[13] August 23, 2014 at 6:50pm
@Nmywake, if they don't have a deed or ownership or a lease granting them the contractual use of the property, how can they possibly be considered "legal residents?" I agree, the buyer should have done a walk through BEFORE signing the closing documents. That said, the ownership of the house has now been legally transferred, there is NO lease, and it seems he should have an absolute right to the use of his property. The defense of it too.
[2] August 16, 2014 at 6:26pm
If only that was all government did. Unfortunately, the government also tries to do welfare, healthcare, environmental regulation, forced unionism, etc. companies are forced to hire armies of accountants and tax lawyers just to comply with the 72,000+ page tax code. Now, companies are mandated by law to not only pay there wages, pay employee matching contributions into Social Security and Medicare, and comply with labor laws, but now are mandated to pay for health care on top of all of that. Maybe if we scrapped the entire tax code and started over with something much simpler, a and with a corporate tax rate more in line with the rest of the developed world, these companies would return. Companies' first loyalty is to shareholders. When it's in the best interest of the shareholders to move operations overseas to lower wages and lower tax rates, it's a "no brainer" for business to do so. Execs who do this are NOT "thieves" or "cheats." They're making business decisions forced on them by overegulation and overtaxation levied by our government that tries to do way too much.
In reply to JRook's comment on the story Overstock CEO Says People Often Forget This About Taxes
[1] August 16, 2014 at 9:00am
Good for him. The National Association for the Abortion of Colored People (NAACP) isn't going to like it. BTW, since we have so many hyphenated groups, can white people start checking the "Other" block on all forms and applications now to get "minority status"? If more information is demanded, just say "Decline to answer" or say " European-American."
August 14, 2014 at 11:38pm
The only way it gets the "Air Force One" designation is if the President is on board.
August 14, 2014 at 11:35pm
I find a 2-3 hour flight in a 727 unpleasant enough. I can't imagine living in one.
[400] August 14, 2014 at 11:38am
Who cares!! There are thousands of Christians facing REAL persecution, including executions and be headings, in Iraq and Nigeria. There are tens of thousands of illegals flooding our porous, unprotected borders. Our nations is over $17.5T in debt and growing. Our schools are failing in many parts of the country, and there are riots in Missouri. This guy needs to take off his diapers, grow up, and stop acting like this important to anyone but him. WE DO NOT CARE!!
In reply to the story What an Apple Customer Claims He Found on His Receipt Has Him Outraged
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[3] August 15, 2014 at 1:57pm
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[11] August 14, 2014 at 9:34am
Police work is one of the most stressful and dangerous jobs. They're in uniform and just trying to eat breakfast, maybe discuss their patrol that day. Probably one is a junior officer and the senior officer is training and mentoring the younger officer. They don't need some DB prankster coming around, talking loudly on his cell phone, right next to their table where they're trying to enjoy a quiet breakfast. This was either early in their shift, or after a long night shift.
I HATE it when people are rude and talking loudly on their cell phone in restaurants. I'd hate it more if they're choosing to do it right next to my table. If they were also "reporting" on everything I did while trying to eat a quiet meal that I PAID for, I'd be angry too. The prankster was being a first-class jerk. I don't blame the police officers one bit.
In reply to the story Things Take a Sudden Turn When YouTube Star Attempts Prank on Cops: 'Nothing Like That Has Ever Happened to Me Before'
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[4] August 14, 2014 at 10:46am
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[2] August 12, 2014 at 12:01pm
The absolute WORST experience of my life. I got to taste the beef patty MRE I'd had for lunch AGAIN, and all I wanted to do was get out. Cell phones weren't really available at the time I did it, but there's NO WAY I'd have even thought about trying to use a phone or text/tweet.
[1] August 11, 2014 at 9:07am
They are far bigger cowards because they've been killing women and children with their AK-47s. When U.S. Soldiers try to fight these cowards, they disappear into the population and conduct IED attacks and terrorist attacks. They pay women and children and use them as bomb delivery tools with suicide vests. These Islamic f$&@s are the true COWARDS. They're satanic and evil cowards. Nothing more.
August 11, 2014 at 8:23am
Further evidence that education does NOT equal intelligence or common sense. These principals will proudly tell you they have a Bachelors and Masters in Education which makes them uniquely qualified to educated our children. The same with the superintendents, who usually have a doctorate. Yet they implement these "zero tolerance" policies and then blindly follow them with no regard for common sense or the greater harm they do to the very children we entrust them with. Homeschooling and private school looks better every year.
August 11, 2014 at 8:18am
They've already stated they want to create a "stigma" around guns so that people who own or carry guns feel as uncomfortable as people who smoke.
[11] August 2, 2014 at 11:08am
Pelosi is one of the wealthiest members of Congress. How many illegal immigrant children has she personally taken into her home! How many of their diapers has she personally changed? How much of her own personal money has she given to help the problem? The answer to EACH of these questions is ZERO! Why is she only "generous" when it comes to committing taxpayer dollars.
In reply to the story What This Republican Said About the Border Had Nancy Pelosi Charging Across the House Floor
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[4] August 2, 2014 at 11:17am
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[6] August 2, 2014 at 11:04am
I think of the "f" and "c" word every time I see Bella Pelosi's face or hear her voice. She's one of MANY poster children for why we desperately need term limits.
In reply to the story What This Republican Said About the Border Had Nancy Pelosi Charging Across the House Floor
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[5] August 2, 2014 at 11:24am
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July 29, 2014 at 8:27pm
Instead of whining about their wages, which is actually HIGHER than most of them are worth, these workers would be far better served to devote their time and energy toward improving themselves, learning some marketable skills that will increase their value to employers, and climbing up to better wage jobs. Instead, they're stupidly allowing themselves to be used as pawns of the unions which will only result in them being enslaved to the corrupt unions for the long term.
[4] July 7, 2014 at 11:42pm
He should have pressed charges. Give these worthless thieves a criminal record as well as expose them to the world. It seems he has a moral obligation to do so to help protect other people and their families.
In reply to the story Video: Two Women Allegedly Caught Red-Handed Stealing Family's Beach Items
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'Mad Men' Season 7 [Finale Season] Episode 6: Preview and Synopsis of 'The Strategy' [VIDEO]
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Don Draper scored a big win against Lou Avery and Jim Cutler in the previous episode, "The Runways." Lou and Jim were courting Philip Morris' Commander Cigarettes and if they would have bagged the account, Don would have been asked to leave SC&P. Don had written an article for New York Times, which talked about the dangers of tobacco -- putting Don in the anti-tobacco lobby.
Don crashed the meeting and successfully pitched himself. Lou had a sentence of praise, while Jim words had a ring of warning. The upcoming episode 6 of "Mad Men" Season Finale, titled "The Strategy," may provide more glimpses of the old Don, and not the one who said "Okay" after hearing the stipulations attached to his return to the firm he had helped build.
As expected, the synopsis of the upcoming episode is vague. There is no mention of Don in the synopsis, but the preview features him. It looks like Don will be questioning one of Peggy's decisions. And, Pete is expected to be back in New York.
A couple of episodes back, Pete had come-up with the idea of starting his own business. Ted had killed that idea before Peter could elaborate more. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Vincent Kartheiser, who plays Pete, said that Don and Pete could have successfully teamed-up for the business.
"... they're [Pete and Don] both very good at their jobs, and they're not trying to get the other guy's job anymore. For a while, Pete thought he would be a creative guy. He doesn't want that anymore. Don really wants nothing to do with accounts. He doesn't want to deal with anyone he doesn't have to. I think it would work out great."
Official Synopsis of "Mad Men" Season 7 Episode, "The Strategy,": "Peggy determinedly collects research for a pitch. Pete is invited to join an exclusive club. Joan looks forward to spending time with her friend."
Just a reminder: "Mad Men" Final Season has been split into two-parts of seven episodes each. The next instalment, consisting of seven episodes, is speculated to air sometime in spring 2015.
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No signs of arson in Fort Clatsop fire
The cause of the Monday fire that destroyed a replica of the compound where the Lewis and Clark expedition spent the winter of 1805-06 still...
WARRENTON, Ore. — The cause of the Monday fire that destroyed a replica of the compound where the Lewis and Clark expedition spent the winter of 1805-06 still has not been determined, but investigators say there are no conclusive signs of arson.
The investigation continues, however, and Steve Ott, a special agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said Thursday that evidence will be sent to a laboratory to look for signs of flammable liquids. It will take months to receive the results.
Meanwhile, donations, condolences and offers to help rebuild Fort Clatsop have been pouring in.
Just hours after news of the fire first broke, people were coming up to park employees to hand them checks to help pay for the fort's reconstruction. Others sent messages to employees, such as: "I am a reasonable craftsman and can make almost anything I set my mind to in metal, wood or stone."
Chip Jenkins, superintendent of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, said the fort would be rebuilt, but he couldn't say whether it would be completed before the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial commemoration slated for mid-November.
"We're hearing an outpouring of support from the community," Jenkins said, adding that Interior Secretary Gale Norton has directed the National Park Service to make all necessary resources available to the park.
The structure was a replica of the site where the expedition spent the soggy winter after reaching the Pacific. The fire destroyed the side of the fort containing the enlisted men's quarters, and gutted the other side where the captain's quarters were located.
Jenkins said it appears nothing of the 50-year-old structure is salvageable.
The expedition built the compound in three weeks. The replica that burned took 18 months to build. Jenkins said rebuilding the fort should fall somewhere between the two time frames.
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|Peter Boettke|
Russ Roberts has a new book out -- How Can Adam Smith Change Your Life -- and on a recent EconTalk episode he sat down with Vernon Smith to discuss the ideas of Adam Smith. Back in 1997, Vernon Smith delivered a wonderful distinguished lecture to the Southern Economic Association entitled "The Two Faces of Adam Smith", where he discussed in detail our human capacity to "truck, barter and exchange" as well as our ability to cooperate and have a sense of sympathy for others. V. Smith's work is just brilliant on this. And, he has continued to explore this connection between our relentless striving to realize the gains from exchange and productive specialization, on the one hand, and, to realize the gains from peaceful social cooperation on the other. See, e.g., his paper wth Bart Wilson on "The Fair and Impartial Spectator in Experimental Economics."
In reflecting on what he has learned from the 2 Smith's, Russ states the following:
This week's EconTalk episode with Vernon Smith helped me understand something that has been bothering me for a long time.
Economics students are taught that human beings are maximizers--we want more rather than less of the things that give us pleasure. But we are constrained by our income. That means making choices. And that means facing tradeoffs.
Deirdre McCloskey has called this vision of human behavior Max U. Humans are thought to maximize utility subject to the constraint of income. Adam Smith in The Theory of Moral Sentiments seems to take a different approach. He argues that material well-being is nice but not what brings true satisfaction. "Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely." We care about what others think of us and we want the reputation that we earn to be earned honestly.
What does this perspective on humanity have to do with Max U and how does it fit in with Smith's view in The Wealth of Nations? On the surface, they don't conflict at all and it's only a methodological difference. All we have to do is make the utility function richer to include the non-material satisfactions we enjoy. We don't just care about stuff, we also care about our reputation and whether people admire us or respect us or honor us. So someone is willing to lose respect by doing something unethical if the gains in material well-being outweigh the losses from a poorer reputation. One can argue that Gary Becker's whole approach to price theory is an attempt to take the richer Smithian model of human behavior and embed it in utility maximization approach.
Vernon Smith is arguing in this week's episode that that's wrong. You can't just wedge the Smithian concerns about reputation into the Max U framework. Here is how I understand Vernon's point (and I am also drawing here on the last chapter of my Adam Smith book). The Wealth of Nations is about trade among strangers. When I'm on the web buying something or choosing where to shop for groceries or buying a house, it's all about what's in it for me. I'm self-interested and trying to get the best deal possible. That doesn't mean I'll cheat and lie but I'm trying to maximize my net benefit from these kinds of transactions.
Of course I'm self-interested in more intimate settings--my emotional and social interactions with my friends, neighbors, and colleagues. But here, I constrain my self-interest. ...
There is more in Russ's discussion of the lessons he has learned, including Hayek's discussion of the "two worlds at once" thesis about the modern world.
|Peter Boettke|
When baseball scouts look at potential players they judge them against a standard of what is called a five-tool-player. Such a player can hit for a high average, can hit with power, can run fast, has a strong throwing arm, and they have great fielding ability at their position. If you are an individual that can do all five of these things well at the professional level, then you will not only make it to MLB, you will be an impact player.
What is the equivalent in economics? I would argue those who are skilled in research, teaching, policy analysis, public outreach, and organizing inquiry. There are very few economists who possess all five-tools. Ben Powell is a clear example of such a five-tool-economist. Look at his book Out of Poverty; look at the impact he has had as a teacher at San Jose State, Suffolk, and now at Texas Tech; look at the policy work he did with The Independent Institute; look at work on TV and his Huffington Post columns; and look closely at Ben's work as an institutional entrepreneur at the Free Market Institute.
All of Ben's skills will be on display in his new TV program -- Free to Exchange -- where ironically as he puts it free market economics interacts with free public television.
|Peter Boettke|
The Mises Institute Brazil has me down for their conference in September where I gave 2 talks -- one on the broad theme of Austrian economics within the scientific community of economists, the other on the financial crisis. Both talks are now available on You Tube, I am posting the one on Austrian Economics as a Progressive Research Program.
|Peter Boettke|
Last Sunday (November 9th 2014) marked the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. The Soviet Union would collapse 2 years later on December 26th 1991 in the wake of the failed coup attempt in August by hard-liners.
I started paying attention to the Soviet Union back in 1972, and not due to politics but as a result of on what I considered a great injustice done by the referees to the US Olympic basketball team in the gold medal game against the Soviet team. So if truth be told, I had a Cold Warrior mentality toward the Soviet Union but due to rivalry in sports, not politics starting as a pre-teen and continuing through my teenage years. At Grove City College, as I was introduced to economics, I became more focused on the Soviet economic system and its failings. As I "matured" (I put that in quotes because it is a relative issue) I also became obsessed with the theory and history of socialism more generally, and especially the debate between both economists (Mises-Hayek and Marx-Marxists) and philosophers (Ayn Rand and (at that time) Christian socialists). It was my good fortune to stumble upon an issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies, 5 (1) 1981 edited by Don Lavoie, and to read Lavoie's work -- though essays in that volume by Rob Bradley, Sheldon Richman and David Ramsey Steele stand out as pivotal to my growth of knowledge in the area. I decided after my exposure to Lavoie that I wanted to pursue advanced study of both Austrian economics and the theoretical problems with socialism. Almost simultaneous to my discovery of Lavoie's work, I received a mailing from the Institute for Humane Studies annoucing the establishment of a PhD program at George Mason University and the ability to study Austrian economics through the faculty at the Center for the Study of Market Proecesses --- where Don Lavoie was a featured teacher.
After some consideration of alternatives and the sort of calculations that a 23 year old might make, Rosemary and I decided that I would give up a rather lucrative position as a tennis teaching professional in NJ (I never made the same nominal salary I was making teaching tennis in teaching economics until my last few years at NYU --- and that is in nominal terms not real!) and head to graduate school at George Mason University. I actually did not receive a fellowship (didn't apply for one because I didn't understand that process at the time) and was originally admitted only to the MA program. Once I got to the campus in Fairfax, through tennis connections I was offered a job as the Assistant tennis coach at GMU and a teaching tennis job at the International Club where the head coach also was a teaching pro. But Rich Fink, then head of CSMP, offered me a fellowship and the chance to work for Don Lavoie on the Center's newsletter, Market Process. After talking it through with Rosemary, it was decided that since I was at GMU to study Austrian economics and, in particular, with Don Lavoie so I could focus on the problems with socialism in theory and practice, I would turn down the tennis jobs and take the fellowship --- though it again meant that we would be living on a lot less money. I also in that first semester, transferred into the PhD program -- though that was indeed my plan all along, I just thought you needed to get an MA first and then apply for a PhD. I had a lot to learn that first year in graduate school, and it wasn't limited to economics. But thankfully several more experienced graduate students took me under their wing and showed me the ropes -- namely, Roy Cordato, Karen Palasek, Deb Walker and Wayne Gable.
So began my intellectual journey under Don Lavoie's mentorship. I consider myself to have had a very charmed history when it comes to economics -- Sennholz came into my life at preciously the right time that I was able to learn from him, and I had the good fortunate to study with James Buchanan, Gordon Tullock and Kenneth Boulding as a graduate student, and then I had the amazing opportunity to work with Israel Kirzner for 8 years at NYU, and in-between I spent a year with Milton Friedman and Gary Becker at Hoover, and then of course at GMU upon my return I had the experience to interact and learn from one of the most fertile minds in the discipline of economics Vernon Smith. But working with Don Lavoie from 1984-88 has been my most cherished experience. Don was an assistant professor, about to become a tenured associate professor, he was young, totally committed to the ideas of Mises-Hayek, and unashamedly radical. His books, Rivalry and Central Planning and National Economic Planning: What is Left? were both published in 1985, so my first task as his research assistant was helping to track down last minute references in preparation for the books to be published. When the books were published and Don was subsequently celebrated for his achievement across the ideological spectrum of academia, I celebrated with him. His work garnered further attention as the socialist system in East and Central Europe and the Soviet Union started to fracture. Poland's Solidarity movement, Hungarian reforms, and of course the Gorbachev efforts at perestroika and glasnost all seemed to both confirm Lavoie's arguments and to reflect the practical promise of Lavoie's radicalism in political and economic affairs.
I studied socialst political and economic theory and socialist philosophy, but also history, culture and even language (I studied Russian language for close to 8 years, but never really learned it; some might say I have studied the English language for my entire life and have yet to learn that as well!). My work focused on bringing the powerful insights of Mises-Hayek to the study of the history of socialism in the Soviet Union --- its origins, its practice, its consequences. I would later add the complementary analytical component of Buchanan-Tullock on politics to examinations of socialist practice. Over the course of the next decade and a half, I published The Political Economy of Soviet Socialism: The Formative Years, 1918-1928; Why Perestroika Failed; The Collapse of Development Planning (edited); Socialism and the Market (9 volumes, edited); and Calculation and Coordination. During that time, I was a research fellow for extended periods in Moscow, Prague, Jena, and have given lectures at various universities in Poland, Romania, Slavakia, and Serbia. I have numerous wonderful memories of people and places throughout East and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. I have learned from them not only about events and contemporary affairs, but also about intellectual movements and the spread of ideas more generally.
In a recent co-authored paper wtih Olga Nicoara that will be published in The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics, we try to survey what the leading students and practitioners of economic reform claim to have learned from the 25 year experience. The consensus seems to be that:
1. Transition problems are not particulary difficult economic problems per se;
2. Transition problems are instead difficult political/legal and social/cultural problems;
3. Critical to success is leadership by a political entrepreneur;
4. And, the existing stock of social/cultural capital among the population matters for the success of the economic, political and cultural transformation that post-communism represented.
If you look at Andrei Shleifer's "The Age of Milton Friedman" (2009), he ends by claiming that the critical issues plaguing less developed economies and regions are "shortage of human capital" and "predatory regulatory and tax policies". His paper is excellent and should be read by all students of comparative institutional analysis and development economics more generally. But I would argue that if you can translate those critical issues into the language of lessons from post-communism one can see a fundamental connection. Though not trying to link these specific claims in the literature at the time, this is fundamentally the argument I am making in my 2010 paper on "Spiritual Capital and Economic Development" published in The Hidden Form of Capital: Spiritual Influences in Societal Progress, edited by Peter Berger and Gordon Redding. Spiritual capital is one form of human capital, and its stock will either raise or lower the costs of the administrative appartus to protect people and property from predatory action by either private or public actors. Ultimately, what drives economic progress is the fundamental institutions of property, contract and consent (what could be called public capital), all else falls into place as proximate causes after that -- including the investments in human capital acquisition (type and amount), physical capital, and public policy choices. The critical issue to my mind is the linkage between spiritual capital (ideas) and public capital (institutions and their enforcement). This is why ideology matters in the comparative study of political economy. It is why we must study not only socialist practice, but socialist philosophy and theory. This remains as true today as it did when Ludwig von Mises penned his fundamental critique of the socialist system in 1920, and developed further in his book Socialism. As I say in my recent introduction to the new ebook version:
Mises was indeed among the greatest economic thinkers of the 20th century. His contributions are justly recognized in value theory, capital theory, monetary theory, comparative economic systems, and the methodology of economic science. Each new generation must read his works anew and focus on how his work remains such a vital contribution to the "extended present" that constitutes the conversation over the centuries in the "worldly philosophy."
Mises rises above others precisely because he was both an astute technical economist and a bold social philosopher. Socialism puts those skills on display on every page. I have been reading this book since I was a college student in the early 1980s, and I have been teaching the book every year since I started my college teaching career in the late 1980s. I learn something new every time I read it. I encourage the reader to do the same. As Henry Hazlitt said in his review, Socialism is an "economic classic in our time." My only modification would be that the test of time has demonstrated the it is in fact an economic classic for all time.
So as you reflect on the great moments in history --- and the Fall of the Berlin Wall is certainly one of them --- it will pay to frame those events with an examination of the ideas, and not just the interests, that animated those events. Mises's Socialism and Hayek's The Road to Serfdom provide an ideal guidepost for understanding the difficulties in theory and in practice that the socialist idea confronts then, and must continue to confront to this day. It is just another example of the lessons learned from economics for yesterday, today and tomorrow.
|Peter Boettke|
IEA has published a new monograph by Pascal Salin that I highly recommend -- Money and Micro-Economics.
Highlights for me include Salin's emphasis that: "Statements about money and monetary policy are often inspired by supposed relationships between macro-economic variables. But these statements neglect the monetary behaviour of individuals. A realistic approach should be founded on the rational behaviour of individuals. The reasoning we use is inspired by the strict logic of human action. The approaches we are criticising depend on assumptions which have no necessary link with real human behaviour." p. 9
His discussion of the "economics of illusion" which constitutes the core of Keynesian macroeconomic policy: "In any human activity, we need to know the causes of a problem in order to define the best ways to solve it. This requirement often seems to disappear when people discuss economic problems. Thus, when there is a low rate of growth and/or a high level of unemployment, there is often a plea for an expansionary monetary policy and/or an expansionary fiscal policy without looking for the real causes of this low growth and high unemployment. If low growth is due to excessive taxation and regulation, monetary expansion cannot help. It can, at best, create short-run illusions in some cases. But, by focusing on monetary policy, one diverts attention from the true problems. As the illusions created by monetary policy fade away, the outcome is increased instability without any of the underlying problems being solved. Monetary instruments should be used to solve monetary problems and real instruments to solve real problems." p. 19
Also his diagnosis of "market monetarism", which is one I share -- "The intellectual revolution which is needed is not one which consists of substituting a nominal GDP target for an inflation target; it is one which consists of not defining policy in terms of global quantities inspired by Keynesian economics and, instead, considering the system of incentives that face economic agents given the institutional, tax and regulatory environment." p. 23
And finally, his alternative proposal which he states as follows: "Monetary rules must be defined and associated with sanctions. This could involve fines on monetary authorities which do not respect the rules; removing the governor of a central bank who does not reach the prescribed targets; or diminishing his (nominal) salary in proportion to the rate of money creation.
But there may not be a better rule and set of constraints than having to compete with others. However, even if competition between private money producers was not accepted, it could be possible to increase the degree of competition in existing monetary systems. To such an end, it would be necessary to repeal legal tender laws, i.e. to allow citizens of a country (or those of a monetary area such as the euro zone) to hold and to use the currencies they prefer. This would also imply the freedom to pay one's taxes with the currency one would choose, in order to avoid the national currency (or the currency of the monetary area) having a privileged position and being protected from competition." p. 31.
Anyway, read for yourself and enjoy.
|Peter Boettke|
Richard Ebeling has a very nice overview article on Israel Kirzner and his contributions to economic science and the political economy of freedom.
|Peter Boettke|
Coming to a PBS station near you -- Water Williams: Suffer No Fools.
It is one of the great honors of my life to have been hired at GMU when Walter Williams was the Department Chairman. Walter signs his articles and books, Walter E. Williams, and he insists that the E standard for Excellent. We who have the privilege to work with him merely hope that some of that excellence rubs off.
Great man, insightful economists, astute observer, articulate communicator, and consistent and principled defender of our political and economic liberties. The E truly does stand for EXCELLENT.
The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Carl Menger Essay Contest for undergraduate students. Professors Daniel Smith, Michael Thomas, and Adam Martin were this year's judges. All entries were anonymous.
The prize comes with $500 plus a travel stipend and three nights accommodations at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel to attend and present at the Southern Economic Association in November. A panel featuring the winning papers will take place on Monday, November 24. The prizes will be presented at the Society's annual dinner the night before on Sunday evening (November 23). These prizes are made possible thanks to the generous support of the Foundation for Economic Education and the Charles Koch Foundation.
This year's winners are:
Ricardo Rosas
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Kaitlyn Woltz
Loyola University New Orleans
Aidan Harkin
King's College London
The Prize Committee would like to extend its sincerest thanks to all the entrants.
|Peter Boettke|
I am visiting the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University for this week and next. What is going on here is truly special intellectually and institutionally! The energy and excitement among the faculty, graduate students, the upper administration of the university, and the community in general is truly exceptional. And, the leadership of Ben Powell in all of this is very impressive indeed. He is creating a major force for sound economics -- in scholarship, in university education, and in the public discourse.
Last night (Thursday 10/16/14), I attended a public lecture by Judge Andrew Napolitano on "Do We Still Have a Constitution?" The auditorium was filled and the crowd of faculty, students, administrators and members of the Lubbock community were treated to one of the most passionate and articulate (as well as appropriately funny) talks I have heard about natural law*, the right to privacy, economic liberties, and the constitution. Napolitano is a learned man as well as a media star, and he demonstrated both last night. Absolutely brilliant delivery matched by serious substance. And he received a standing ovation from the crowd of well over 600 after his talk -- which included not only a defense of our basic liberties, but a working out of the consistent and persistent defense of those liberties against the violations of those rights by the Patriot Act, as well as other encroachments that impact our freedom of thought, of speech, and YES, of trade.
The quote I have used as the title to this post is from Charles Evans Hughes, the 11th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and in his opinion on a 1934 case. Napolitano used that quote last night in a discussion on the Constituiton and economc liberties in a setting outside of his public talk. It stuck with me because it is a puzzle for I have wrestled with in thinking about the very idea of constitutions in my graduate course in Constitutional Political Economy for close to 20 years. Are Constitutions binding contracts, or are they merely focal points of coordination? Or does a self enforcing Constitution require a bit of both elements?
The progressive ideology in the United States embodied in the work of Woodrow Wilson (again see Wilson's work on public administration, and V. Ostrom's critique) is grounded in the propositions that constitutions are only binding when they are inconvenient and thus annoying -- which means we need to relax our concern with the constitution. They are unnecessary when they are convenient, and they are annoying when inconvenient due to circumstances that require decisive action to be taken without regard to constitutional restrictions. This is, as Randy Holcombe in his brilliant book, From Liberty to Democracy or Robert Higgs in his classic work, Crisis and Leviathan, how the United States transformed from a constitutionally limited democracy to the largely unlimited social democratic system that we live in today.
Do we still have a Constitution? On paper yes, but in practice -- we don't allow it to pinch when it should, and that is the problem, and that means we don't really operate under a rule of law protected by a Constitution.
*One highlight for me, even though I am in general a rule utilitarian in social philosophy as opposed to a natural law thinker (though I find ways to reconcile at least in my own mind), was Napolitano quoting from Sir Thomas Moore in A Man for All Seasons when asked to submit to the dictates of the King: "Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat; it is a matter capable of question. But if it is flat, will the King's command make it round? And if it is round, will the King's command flatten it? No, I will not sign." Truth is not subject to democratic deliberation, in fact, it has no place in politics proper, but it does in science and in law. In the modern age, we find ourselves in the strange situation where we assert truth in the political realm, but deny it in science and in the law -- the opposite of where we should be located in the intellectual space.
|Peter Boettke|
So as readers of this site no doubt know, Israel Kirzner did not get the call from Sweden that we were hoping for. A prize for the development of entrepreneurship theory and practice does seem prize worthy and perhaps one day this still will happen. But this particular scientific prize does tend to go to the widely recognized practitioners of the discipline. For example, consider the list of JB Clark Medal winners and the number of those who eventually won the Nobel. Certainly not a perfect predictor, but not a bad one. Earlier excellence in the field predicts more often than not sustained excellence throughout one's career.
Jean Tirole was not a Clark Medal winner, but he has been a signficiant name among research economists since early in his career. I was in graduate school between 1984-88, one of my fields of specialization was Industrial Organization, despite only earning his PhD in 1981, Tirole was already a central figure in the reorientation of the field. When I joined that faculty at NYU in 1990, I was slated to teach the graduate course in IO, and the department chair asked me how I was going to teach the course. I explained how I would focus on the "New Learning" that comes from the UCLA crowd of Alchian and Demsetz; the Chicago crowd of Stigler, Peltzman, but also Yale Brozen; the Virgina crowd of Tullock and Tollison; and the Austrian crowd of Mises, Hayek, but also Rothbard, Kirzner, Armentano and DiLorenzo. Andy Schotter -- the chair -- looked at me, and said -- I think that "New Learning" is actually the "Old New Learning", you will need to teach the "New New Learning" --- which was Tirole and crowd. We agreed that perhaps it would be better if for the PhD students I just taught Comparative Economic Systems and History of Economic Thought: The Austrian School --- which I basically did for the next 8 years, with a few semesters of Public Choice and Social Choice thrown in as well. Moving to GMU in 1998, I have continued to teach Comparative and modern History of Thought as my 2 PhD classes, along with Constitutional Political Econonmy (my version of public choice and social choice), so Schotter's intuition about where my teaching attention should be directed probably was right all along.
Thus, the situation is as follows I knew of Tirole from the time I was a graduate student, respected his creativity and brilliance, understood his work was a signifcant advance over the older Structure/Conduct/Performance paradigm in IO, and yet I didn't want to teach graduate students that direction in IO research. The reasons I have are similar to the one's raised by Sam Peltzman in his review of The Handbook of Industrial Organization, or even Franklin Fisher's review. The game theory revolution in the field was complete by the late 1980s and Peltzman and Fisher respectively raise issues about what this transformation may in fact mean for the political economy relevance of the field. I was sympthetic to their respective positions when I read them in 1991, and I remain sympathetic today.
That being said, I also have great respect for Jean Tirole and what he has accomplished in the competitive game of scientific economics. Among the assessments offered so far ... I believe the media is overplaying the critique of markets and the demand for optimal regulation, Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok have focused on the positive analytics, and Peter Klein comes closest to the overall assessment that I have.
|Peter Boettke|
Here is a link to GMU Job Market Candidates. Please spread the word --- excellent teachers, solid researchers, and great departmental citizens. Scoop them up.
Here is a list of our current PhD Fellows, and a list of current Adam Smith Fellows. Get to know these names. They will be job candidates soon enough.
|Peter Boettke|
On October 2, 2014, our F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics held a large public event to celebrate and critically examine the impact of F. A. Hayek's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1974. A public lecture was delivered by Israel Kirzner, and this was followed by a panel that included remarks from Nobel Prize winners Edmund Phelps, Erik Maskin, and Vernon Smith. Unfortunately, Professor Phelps could not attend due to illness, but his prepared remarks were read to the crowd.
The video of the talks is now available. The video begins at the 8:30 mark due to a delay caused by the crowd. Over 700 people were in attendence, and the auditorium at the Law School only holds about 500, so an overflow room was set up with a live video stream of the talks. The staff at Mercatus was, from my perspective, just masterful in their handling of the event and their attention to detail.
There has been some traditional and social media coverage of the event that you can also track down.
Richard Ebeling has also posted an insightful reflection on Hayek's prize and its importance.
P.S.: Kirzner in his talk rightfully highlighted the critical importance of Gerald O'Driscoll's Economics as a Coordination Problem for understanding the unity in Hayek's research program. Unfortunately, I think Kirzner also failed to stress in his remarks the tight connection between Hayek's research program in monetary theory and business cycles with his work on the problems with socialist planning and the nature of knowledge and the competitive market process. The brilliance of O'Driscoll's book, however, is to demonstrate this link. Coordination is the problem, the competitive market process provides the solution. NOTE: the title of this blog!
|Peter Boettke|
Ludwig von Mises was born on this day in 1881. He would live his mark as one of the greatest teachers of economics in the 20th century, and perhaps, I would argue, the greatest systematic economic thinker history has ever known. On the occasion of his birthday, I like to share what Hayek had to say about Mises's influence on him.
I just learned he was usually right in his conclusions, but I was not completely satisfied with his argument. That, I think, followed me through my life. I was always influenced by Mises's answers, but not fully satisfied by his arguments. It became very largely an attempt to improve the argument, which I realized led to correct conclusions. But the question of why it hadn't persuaded most other people became important to me; so I became anxious to put it in a more effective form. ... In my interests, I've been very much guided by him. Both the interests in money and industrial fluctuations and the interest in socialism comes very directly from his influence. ... Being for ten years in close contact with a man with whose conclusions on the whole you agree but whose arguments were not always convincing to you was a great stimulus.
Hayek could have included in his list also methodology -- see, e.g., The Counter-Revolution of Science -- and method of analysis -- see his discussion of the competitive market process in works such as "The Meaninog of Competition", "Competition as a Discovery Procedure", and the chapter on the market order in Law, Legislation and Liberty.
There should be little doubt that there is a Mises-Hayek research program to be developed in economics and political economy. Kirzner is the heir apparent to that program in technical economics, and I'd argue that Buchanan was the heir apparent to that program in political economy. Thus, the legcy of Ludwig von Mises lives on through the further development of the Mises-Hayek-Kirzner theory of the entrepreneurial market process, and in the Smith-Mises-Hayek-Buchanan continual restatement of classical liberalism. There are no doubt other intellectual branches to Mises's legacy, most notably the Rothbardian pursuit of laissze faire radicalism.
But today, lets remember that Mises was the fountainhead of such a vibrant intellectual tradition in scholarship and in science, and to see his his influence in the impact of his students from Vienna (not just Hayek, but also Machlup, Morgenstern, Haberler in economics; Schutz in sociology; Kaufmann in philosophy of science) and the US (not just Kirzner, but also Sennholz and the educational activism he inspired with organizations such as FEE and IHS). Mises's intellectual "grandchildren" and "great grandchildren" and "great great grandchildren" are a diverse and growing group.
Mises's intellectual influence throughout the world continues to grow and flourish in a multitude of directions 133 years after his birth. In 1981, I attended the 100th birthday celebrations that were held at Grove City College. So much has changed since that time in a positive direction for the advancement of Mises's ideas within and outside of the academy.
Happy Birthday Professor Mises!
|Chris Coyne|
This past Thursday I had the pleasure of giving a dinner address to the Institute for Humane Studies Board of Directors. The purpose of the event was to honor Jerry Fullinwider upon his retirement from the IHS Board. Jerry was a founding member of the Board and worked closely with Baldy Harper to launch IHS in 1961. Over the decades he has been an unwavering advocate for freedom and has worked tirelessly to advance liberty through IHS and a variety of other initiatives.
I am personally grateful to Jerry and his family. I am an alumnus of IHS's undergraduate seminars and am now a frequent participant in seminars as a faculty member, as well as a member of the Board. I am also very fortunate to hold the position of F.A. Harper Professor of Economics at the Mercatus Center which Jerry helped endow. Given this, it was a true honor to have the opportunity to speak at the event recognizing Jerry's work and contributions.
The topic of my remarks was "Foreign Intervention: A Case for Humility." I used the opening lines of Baldy Harper's, "In Search of Peace" as motivation:
The topic of my talk is fitting not only given current global events, but also because it was a topic of great importance to Baldy Harper. The opening lines of his wonderful 1951 article, "In Search of Peace," read as follows:
Charges of pacifism are likely to be hurled at anyone who in these troubled times raises any question about the race into war. If pacifism means embracing the objective of peace, I am willing to accept the charge. If it means opposing all aggression against others, I am willing to accept that charge also. It is now urgent in the interest of liberty that many persons become "peacemongers."
Harper's words are as relevant as when he first wrote them. My goal tonight is to urge all of you to fully embrace Harper's call. Being a committed peacemonger is a controversial position even among classical liberals and libertarians, let alone among members of the two mainstream political parties. Indeed, any pushback against the current "race into war" against supposed foreign threats is met with the exact type of criticism noted by Harper over six decades ago. Let me provide four reasons why I am highly skeptical of foreign military intervention.
And here are my closing lines:
In closing, let me say that I realize that it is important to be aware of potential external threats to our liberties and freedoms. At the same time, it is crucial that we never forget that there is a significant internal threat to those same liberties and freedoms that we must battle on a daily basis—the State.
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Every year Redemption puts on a giant New Year's Eve celebration. This year for the first time, a tailgate party kicked off the festivities.
"We know tailgating is a big part of this time of year, and we thought why not fellowship with our friends and family and ring the new year in right?" said Ashley Bratton with Redemption.
There was also dancing, food vendors, movies and a packed overflow sanctuary for the 10 p.m. church service.
"I think that shows Greenville really centers around God a lot," said a member.
At midnight, a comedian will take the stage.
"It gets pretty crazy inside at 12 o'clock. Time Square -- we kind of rival them, so it is pretty awesome," said a member.
Those who come to the party year after year said it's a refreshing way to ring in the new year.
"People are really tired of the same old, same old bar scene. People like to switch it up, and they know that's not going to get them where they want to go in life," said a member.
Redemption says it estimates up to 8,000 people will attend the celebration.
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Feb 27, 2014, 3:13 PM EST
The MLS web site put together a list of players confirmed to have been called up for their countries for the upcoming FIFA fixture dates.
While the US and Mexico lists are yet to be finalized, there's plenty of MLS players in the mix for country. Our own Steve Davis will let you know the implications of the increasing role of top-notch internationals in MLS play a bit later, but we'll start with the basics here.
Tim Cahill is heading back to England, where the former Everton man will suit up for Australia in a fixture with Ecuador in London. Meanwhile, the English capital will play host to England and Denmark on the same date with Toronto FC's Jermain Defoe getting a country call.
Freak goalkeeper and No. 1 overall pick Andre Blake will be leaving Philadelphia to join five other MLS players in Jamaica camp for matches against Barbados and St. Lucia. Also in the fray will be Alvas Powerll of Portland, Michael Seaton of DC, Darren Mattocks of Vancouver, Deshorn Brown of Colorado and JeVaughn Watson of Dallas.
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"Grand Theft Auto fans who love the game grew up on PlayStation and we believe that rich heritage will be a deciding factor for many gamers at retail," assured PSN big wig boss Peter Dille. "This enthusiasm for GTA IV, combined with the excitement behind Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Metal Gear Solid 4, LittleBigPlanet, and Resistance 2 will further drive PS3 hardware sales."
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Tue Jan 27
Tue Feb 24
Aimez-vous lire en français? Si vous voulez participer à des discussions stimulantes, contactez Céline au 416 395-5762
Thu Jan 22
Thu Feb 26
St. Lawrence
Discussion of Arthur and George by Julian Barnes....
Everyone takes a part and reads along....
Sat Dec 20
Sat Mar 21
City Hall
Join us at lunch time for a stimulating discussion of this month's novel. Upcoming titles:...
Thu Dec 18
Mimico Centennial
If you like mysteries, consider joining a group of mystery lovers for informal discussions. Tell us about your favourite books and learn about new authors.
Wed Dec 10
Wed Jan 14
Wed Feb 11
Wed Mar 11
Port Union
If you are not available during the day, this is your chance to join a book club. Gather with other book lovers to discuss a selection of popular titles. It is free to join and the books are provided.
Tue Dec 09
Tue Jan 13
Tue Feb 10
Tue Mar 10