Volume 22, Issue 2, 2019
This issue contains selected lectures, papers, and abstracts of papers presented at the 2019 Austrian Economics Research Conference in Auburn, Alabama.
The Cost of the Enlightenment
by Daniel Ajamian
Reason, equality, separation of church and state, and science and politics freed from religious dogma have characterized the Enlightenment. Have these ideas given us freedom, or cost us freedom?
Libertarianism(s) versus Postmodernism and 'Social Justice' Ideology
by Michael Rectenwald
"Woke capitalism"--referring to companies that engage in corporate activism--tells us a great deal about contemporary corporate capitalism, the political left, and the relationship between the two.
Keynes and the Ethics of Socialism
by Edward W. Fuller
The previously unexplored evidence presented here confirms that Keynes advocated a consistent form of non-Marxist socialism from no later than 1907 until his death in 1946.
Are Structural Fluctuations Natural or Policy-Induced? Analyzing Mises's and Schumpeter's Contributions to Business Cycle Theory
by Bernardo Ferrero
A closer look at differences between Mises's and Schumpeter's economic theories suggests that their fundamental divergences have their origin in methodological and epistemological questions.
Family Formation, Fertility, and Failure: A Literature Review on Price Increases and Their Impact on the Family Institution
by Jeffery Degner
Inflation not only debases currency, but damages the family institution, eroding the quantity and quality of marriages while creating distortions in the decision-making processes of those hoping to establish families.
Ludwig von Mises, Sociology, and Metatheory
by Christian Robitaille
Can sociology be integrated into Mises's epistemological distinction between theory and history? What can sociology accomplish as a historical discipline?
Desocialization of Enterprises: Empowering Venezuelans
by Rafael Acevedo Luis and Cirocco Lorca-Susino Maria
How can state enterprises in Venezuela be desocialized? What would a privatization law look like for Venezuela? The authors describe a proposal to move Venezuela toward free markets.
Selected Abstracts from the 2019 Austrian Economics Research Conference
This is a collection of abstracts from some of the papers presented at the 2019 Austrian Economics Research Conference held at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.
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