By Scott B. Nelson 9 April 2020 This article is an adapted and expanded version of my comments in the 6 April webinar “Politik und Gesellschaft zwischen Sicherheit und Freiheit” (Politics and Society between Security and Freedom). It also follows…
by Scott B. Nelson 24 March 2020 History accelerates in times of crisis (and during elections, which are always the most important elections we have faced in years). Covid-19 was only one of several news items on people’s radar in…
by Kai Weiss 26 November 2019 In the three-part series The Road to Fallibilism (part I, part II, part III), John Saudino attacks the Austrian School of Economics and Friedrich August von Hayek in particular. According to Saudino, Austrian Economics…
The Methodological Missteps of Friedrich von Hayek, and the Popperian Cure by John Saudino 27 October 2019 This is the final article in a three-part series. See Part I here and Part II here. 4 Conclusion 4.1 Introduction Although the…
The Methodological Missteps of Friedrich von Hayek, and the Popperian Cure By John Saudino 14 October 2019 This is the second article in a three-part series. See Part I here. 3. Conjectures and Refutations and The Poverty of Historicism: Popper’s…
The Methodological Missteps of Friedrich von Hayek, and the Popperian Cure By John Saudino 3 October 2019 To the Hayekians and Austrian Economists of all schools[1] 1. Introduction: The fundamental nature of this topic is complex, writing an introduction thereto…
By John Saudino 1 August 2019 The title is a quote from a speech by Senator Al Franken in the Senate. After demonstrating the effectiveness of Keynesian (consumer demand based) economic policy citing extensive empirical evidence, he said the following:…