Media Wars: The Battle to Shape Our Minds Walter Donway and Vinay Kolhatkar Independently Published, 2020, 330 pp. William L. Anderson (banderson@frostburg.edu) is professor of economics at Frostburg State University. Even the sunniest optimist would admit that the year 2020 was extremely challenging with the COVID-19 pandemic that hit our
Anatomy of Liberty in Don Quijote de la Mancha: Religion, Feminism, Slavery, Politics, and Economics in the First Modern Novel by Eric Clifford Graf Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2021, 290 pp. Abstract: Anatomy of Liberty in Don Quijote de la Mancha: Religion, Feminism, Slavery, Politics, and Economics in the First Modern Novel is Eric
Abstract: The rise of socialism has been one of the more dramatic movements in US politics in the modern era, with recent Gallup polling indicating that 39 percent of Americans (and 65 percent of Democrats) hold a favorable view of the political economic ideology. Upward trends in the popularity of political economic ideologies such as socialism
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 22, no. 2 (Summer 2019) full issue. ABSTRACT: This Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Yousif Almoayyed, was given at the Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute on March 22, 2019. Coined by Ross Douthat of the New York Times , woke capitalism refers to a burgeoning wave of
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 22, no. 2 (Summer 2019) full issue. ABSTRACT: Inflation not only debases the value of currency by lowering purchasing power. It also serves to erode the quantity and quality of marriages while creating distortions in the decision-making processes of those hoping to form marriages and to have children.
Volume 3, No. 1 (Spring 2000) Persons with an Austrian perspective must evaluate the probability that an Austrian message will reduce their publication chances in mainstream journals. S ince historically the discrimination against Austrian scholarship has been high, a new Austrian academic infrastructure has emerged. We have a Dual Academy:
Volume 3, No. 1 (Spring 2000) It is much more likely that firsthand inspection by journal editors and reviewers who are relatively more familiar with the subject matter in question will place an appropriate value on the prospective scholarly contributions. The values will be reflected by the quality of journal that publishes each
Volume 3, No. 1 (Spring 2000) What the author objects to is assertions about morality linked to misconceptions and word games concerning money and its functions, property, and titles. Modern money does not consist and does not pretend to consist of commodities. Ban knotes , demand deposits, and the new means of payment being multiplied by
Volume 3, No. 2 (Summer 2000) Both the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and the Review of Austrian Economics are now publishing regularly and have been doing so ever since their respective inceptions. These periodicals have featured path breaking research from dozens of Austrians, and have managed to attract the contributions
Volume 3, No. 3 (Fall 2000) While criticizing the behavior of Austrian economists, Laband and Tollison assert that their purpose is not to “knock” Austrian economics. However, even though they assert that Austrian economics has failed the academic “market test,” they never explain just what it is that makes the Austrian paradigm such a
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Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.