Steven Horwitz
Contributing editor and Freeman Online columnist Steven Horwitz is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University and the author of Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective, now in paperback.
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Is Being Less Productive Good for Humanity?
OCTOBER 17, 2012 by STEVEN HORWITZ
Economists know that just making more stuff isn't the same as productivity--it has to be stuff people want, at prices they're willing to pay. The nation's most famous newspaper doesn't seem to get this, so Steven Horwitz delivers a lesson in basic economics.
The Calling
On Competition and Entrepreneurship
The third pillar of the Austrian revival.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 by STEVEN HORWITZ
If Austrian economics, and classical liberalism more generally, are to win minds and hearts in the world of ideas, it will be by doing as Israel Kirzner does.
The Calling
On Individualism and Economic Order
Great Austrian works of the twentieth century
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 by STEVEN HORWITZ
Many of the themes that characterize Austrian economics since its revival in the mid-1970s emerged from these essays.
The Calling
On Human Action
We owe a debt to Ludwig von Mises.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 by STEVEN HORWITZ
Human Action remains one of the great achievements in the social sciences and perhaps the single most important economic treatise of the twentieth century.
The Calling
Debating the Stimulus
Avoid the GDP distraction.
SEPTEMBER 06, 2012 by STEVEN HORWITZ
As the debate over the stimulus continues into November, classical liberals should be aware of the essential issues.
The Calling
Who Plans Best for Natural Disasters?
Private firms or government agencies?
AUGUST 30, 2012 by STEVEN HORWITZ
The private sector can move supplies quickly to where they need to be because it can effectively use local and decentralized knowledge.
The Calling
Droughts, Famines, and Markets
Why crop failures need not starve anyone.
AUGUST 23, 2012 by STEVEN HORWITZ
We can't control the weather, but we can unleash the market and further globalize food production to avoid famines when harvests go bad.
The Calling
It's Not a Black-and-White World
Find the good among the bad.
AUGUST 16, 2012 by STEVEN HORWITZ
The world is not just about good guys and bad guys, but about real people whose ideas are good and bad in various mixtures.
The Calling
Remembering Heroes of Darker Days
The FEE library and keepers of of the Austrian flame.
AUGUST 09, 2012 by STEVEN HORWITZ
It is understandable how many, particularly younger, classical liberals could think this is the worst of times. It is not.
The Calling
Economics Is Not Materialist
It's about satisfying wants.
AUGUST 02, 2012 by STEVEN HORWITZ
We don't prioritize the material over the nonmaterial. Value is in whatever people think will satisfy their wants.
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