Price is the only language that everyone speaks (Part 2)

Richard M. Ebeling
10 January 2018
Economic Theory

Price is the only language that everyone speaks (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1.   But if not under the commanding instructions of a central planner or government regulator, how will people know how, when, and for what to apply their unique bits of knowledge, which cumulatively add up to all “the knowledge in the world,” but resides in no one mind or group of ... Continue reading
Richard M. Ebeling
10 January 2018
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Nine books to understand the collectivist right (Part 1)

Jeffrey A. Tucker
6 September 2017
Economic Theory

Nine books to understand the collectivist right (Part 1)

The fast and furious rise of the alt-right in Europe, the UK, and the US has caught many people intellectually off-guard. I can speak for myself in this respect. My education and reading prepared me well to understand the statism of the left. My instincts became finely tuned. The threat to liberty from the right ... Continue reading
Jeffrey A. Tucker
6 September 2017
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Economists – know your limits!

Philip Booth
17 July 2017
Economic Theory

Economists – know your limits!

It is important for any expert to know their limits. It could be argued that economists ‘oversell’ themselves and pretend that they can predict things which they really cannot predict. If economists had a proper professional body, this would be a serious matter. If an accountant or a lawyer, for example, practices outside their area ... Continue reading
Philip Booth
17 July 2017
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Hayek would have voted to remain

Diego Zuluaga
17 March 2016
Economic Theory

Hayek would have voted to remain

To conjecture what Hayek’s stance might have been on Britain’s EU referendum and the current state of the European project more generally, it is instructive to consider his biography. The first half of Hayek’s long life was characterised by the steady unravelling of the liberal order into which he had been born. In 1899, Europe ... Continue reading
Diego Zuluaga
17 March 2016
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IEA at 60 – Past

19 June 2015
Economic Theory

IEA at 60 – Past

The IEA, on our 60th Anniversary, look back at the last 60 years - how the IEA came about, what our founders were seeking to do, and how well we have lived up to their ideas of what the IEA could do.... Continue reading
19 June 2015
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Sixty years on: Why the battle for a free society is still yet to be won

Steve Davies
18 June 2015
Economic Theory

Sixty years on: Why the battle for a free society is still yet to be won

Sixty years ago, Sir Antony Fisher founded the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), realising an idea given to him by the economist Friedrich Hayek seven years earlier. The IEA is one of the oldest think tanks, and one of the most successful, something even its opponents freely concede. But what does success mean in this ... Continue reading
Steve Davies
18 June 2015
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Does liberty need a constitution?

Stefan Kolev
14 July 2014
Economic Theory

Does liberty need a constitution?

Does liberty need a constitution? Or, what might at first glance sound even more paradoxical, does it need a framework of rules for a free society to be established and to flourish? F. A. Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty addressed precisely this question, which has been fundamental for classical liberalism ever since its very inception. ... Continue reading
Stefan Kolev
14 July 2014
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Negative interest rates? Negative!

G. R. Steele
4 March 2013

Negative interest rates? Negative!

Keynesian economists have an enduring disposition to spend their way out of trouble. This is so even when overspending has caused the trouble. Gone are the days when expenditure and taxation were varied by a ‘touch on the tiller’ (James Callaghan) to steer aggregate demand. With disillusionment over the timing and efficacy of fiscal policy, ... Continue reading
G. R. Steele
4 March 2013
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