Economics and Economic Freedom
A free and prosperous society requires a functioning market economy at its foundation. Using a broad array of tools drawn from price theory, public choice analysis, Austrian theory, and classical empiricism, our study of economics and economic freedom explores the underpinnings of the market system, the roots of economic prosperity, and emerging threats to the same in the public policy sphere. Our work includes the measurement of freedom and providing practical economic information for people to make better decisions.
Research Publications for Economics and Economic Freedom
General Institutional Considerations of Blockchain and Emerging Applications
PC Earle, DM Waugh
The Emerald Handbook on Cryptoassets: Investment Opportunities and …, 2023
J Enninga, RM Yonk
Sustainability 15 (8), 6396, 2023
J Sorens
Publius: The Journal of Federalism 53 (1), 55-81, 2023
Gordon Tullock and the Economics of Slavery
P Magness, A Carden, I Murtazashvili
Available at SSRN 4318585, 2023
Marie Springer: The politics of Ponzi schemes: history, theory, and policy: Routledge, 2020
RE Wright
Business Economics 57 (2), 89-91, 2022
The History and Evolution of the North American Wildlife Conservation Model
RE Wright
Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
Articles
Born Unequal: Pondering the Natural Lottery
“Maybe I’m just a dreamer. But I think nonviolence and compassion can motivate a million acts of kindness towards those born with less.” ~ Max Borders
Core Retail Sales Post a Strong Gain in August
“Retail sales rose in August with core retail sales particularly strong. Resilient consumer spending is a positive for the outlook but Covid is sustaining an elevated level of uncertainty.” – Robert Hughes
Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Rose but the Four-Week Average Fell
“Weekly initial claims for unemployment benefits rose in the latest week but the trend remains lower. A tight labor market and a record number of open jobs should support the downward trend, but waves of new Covid cases will continue to boost uncertainty for the economic outlook.” – Robert Hughes
China’s Export Subsidies Are a Gift
“Misguided retaliation that would eliminate the advantages that cheaper Chinese goods offer would result in unnecessary self-inflicted costs and forgone benefits to the American economy.” ~ Theodore A. Gebhard
Hating Landlords Misplaces the Blame
“In greedy-bastard economics, rather than tracing their understanding of something they dislike back to its ultimate source, people only trace it back until they get to someone they can demonize as a greedy bastard.” ~ Gary M. Galles
Review of Ola Innset, Reinventing Liberalism
“Reinventing Liberalism is alternately fascinating and frustrating. At the end of the day, however, Innset has given us a serviceable introduction to neoliberalism and a novel interpretation of its program, and those by themselves make the book worth considering.” ~ Art Carden