Volume 1, No. 3 (Fall 1998) Ludwig von Mises contributed much to understanding how markets work, of course, but he also showed a keen interest in language. I recall his mentioning, in two or three talks, the advantage for a scholar in economics and history, as he was, to be able to use research materials in more than just one or two languages.
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. 3 (Fall 2000) In this Journal of Spring 2000, Robert Tollison joins David Laband in reiterating a stretched conception of market test. Laband and Tollison recommend grading academic performance by the sorts of statistics that Laband compiles, which involve article and page counts, impressions of journal quality and
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