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Overheard at Cafe Hayek
During 2009 and 2010 I used to visit Cafe Hayek almost daily. Hosts Russ Roberts and Donald Boudreaux would be ready with a cup of freshly brewed Hayekian coffee and the Cafe would have a bustling atmosphere thanks to its … Continue reading
Austrian School seeps into CFA
Peter Klein writes over at Circle Bastiat: A friend informs me that the mainstream and prestigious CFA Institute now features Austrian economics in the study materials for the Level 1 CFA Exam. The section “Theories of the Business Cycle” includes … Continue reading
Confessions of a there-is-no-such-thing-as-neo-liberal
I remember once, way back, using the word “neo-liberal” in an academic essay. It was incoherent and implied market order scepticism and interventionism. Realising the shortcomings of the term, partly inspired by my lecturer’s criticism, I decided to avoid it. … Continue reading
Pretense of knowledge in Pretoria
In The Fight of the Century, Friedrich von Hayek tells John Maynard Keynes: the lesson I’ve learned? It’s how little we know, the world is complex, not some circular flow the economy’s not a class you can master in college … Continue reading