Voluntary Exchange Sources

25 May Crisis as a Source of Social Capital

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In Democracy in America, Tocqueville famously discussed the propensity of Americans to form voluntary associations and engage in self-governance to overcome collective challenges. The “science of association” has proven to be important, especially when communities are confronted with crises like natural disasters. Not surprisingly, the...

25 May Peter J. Boettke: The Struggle for a Better World

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Peter joins host Marion Tupy on the Human Progress podcast to discuss his new book. Watch on YouTube. Read the Full Article here: >Mercatus Center...

25 May Peter Klein on Cronyism, Capitalism and the Entrepreneurial Pathway

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We often hear that capitalism is under fire: in contemporary politics, in journalism, in popular discourse, and even in some business schools and among some management scholars and their students. But the criticism, upon examination, is not about capitalism but cronyism. The two are entirely...

25 May A Discussion of “Price Gouging”

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(Don Boudreaux) TweetI am very pleased to have joined GMU Econ alum Anne Bradley in this 45-minute-long discussion of so-called “price gouging.” The discussion – which took place this past Thursday afternoon – was hosted by the Fund for American Studies. I thank TFAS’s Roger...

25 May Social Desirability Bias in Three Speeches

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I just rewatched Election for the first time in twenty years, and it was even better than I remembered. And this time around, I had better conceptual tools to understand it. Most notably, the movie features three election speeches that elegantly exemplify Social Desirability Bias –...

25 May “Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals?” Book Panel

Posted at 11:42h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, we'll hear a book panel discussion on "Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals?" written by Virgil Henry Storr and Ginny Seung Choi. This book explores whether or not engaging in market activities is morally corrupting. Storr and Choi...

25 May Some Problems with the ‘Repatriating Critical Supply Chains’ Argument

Posted at 11:41h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Stringing words together to describe policies that are intended to achieve desirable outcomes is easy. But verbal and written expressions are not self-fulfilling. If the reality to which such expressions refer is significantly more complex than the words imply, attempts to put the words into...

25 May Hayek and Keynes: Bomb Throwers

Posted at 11:40h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Sometime in the summer of 1942, the economists John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek spent the night on the roof of the King’s College Chapel in Cambridge. The Germans were in the midst of what some called the “Baedeker bombings,” a campaign to destroy the...

24 May Jason Riley on Race in America

Posted at 15:54h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Journalist and author Jason Riley talks about race with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Riley argues that the challenges facing Black America go beyond racial discrimination and the threat of police violence. He argues that both the history of Black Americans and the current situation has...

24 May What Igbo Culture Teaches Us about Capitalism

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The Igbos are one of many ethnic groups within Africa. They consist of about 43 million people, 40 million of whom live within Nigeria. They are widely successful in Nigeria and are considered by many to be the "Jews of West Africa," partly because they tend to be...