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Vegas
I will be in Las Vegas for the next two days. If the server goes down it’s because I haven’t paid for renewal yet.
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The Synthetic A Priori and What It Means For Economics
Immanuel Kant, one of history’s great philosophers, created perhaps a larger paradigm in the course of philosophy than he himself realized. While famous for his Categorical Imperative, Kant’s true claim to fame was his discovery into the nature of knowledge … Continue reading
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Tagged a priori, empiricism, Human Action, Mises, synthetic
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Is Economic Thought in Danger?
We might be if Senate Bill 3480 passes through the House and Senate. The “Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010″ (otherwise known as Internet Kill Switch) will soon be making its rounds through the Senate floor to … Continue reading
Democracy as Voluntary Collective Action
There is a reason why democracy is known as the ‘tyranny of the majority’. Continue reading
Unequivocal Keynesian Contributions?
I’ve been reading Daniel Kuehn’s blog for a little while now, and despite praise of prominent Austrian thinkers, Kuehn consistently bases a lot of his macroeconomic thinking off Keynes and the Keynesian picture. Now, as an undergraduate who is as … Continue reading
Robert Murphy on the Double Dip
I’d like to come to Murphy’s defense regarding inflation and offer some points on the possibility of a double-dip. For the time being, I predict a continuation of the upward inflationary trend. We are seeing a greater destruction than production of wealth, as it flattens the structure of production. This is a trend towards impoverishment, not recovery, and does indicate the possibility of an increase in the rate of change of CPI. Continue reading
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Tagged Bubble, consumer, debt, Depression, dip, double, expenditure, Great, index, inflation, Investment, price, Private, production, public, Recession, stagflation
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New Book
I’m going on an online shopping spree and I can’t decide between buying Hayek’s “Prices and Production” or “Individualism and Economic Order.” Any opinions? Or is there another book entirely that you could recommend? Thanks!
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Thoughts on Empiricism and Logic
In the great history of epistemology, there are usually philosophers divided into two camps. The rationalists contend that all knowledge can be derived by aprioristic reasoning – reasoning that does not require outside knowledge. The study of logic, of mathematics, … Continue reading