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Economics is a discipline within the social
sciences which studies man in his capacity as a rational and self-interested
actor, striving towards reaching his goals. It has rather long traditions;
many insights were formulated already in the 18th century by, among others,
Adam Smith. Below, various writings, some academic, some more popular in
style, are presented for your enjoyment.
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Essays in Constitutional
Economics (my doctoral dissertation, presented at the Stockholm School
of Economics on March 18, 1997; available in book form here.
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The Friedrich
Hayek Scholars Page, the guide to
Hayek on the Internet.
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The History of Economic Thought Website
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Economists on Tape and Video: enjoy bits of Gary Becker, James Buchanan, Ronald Coase, Richard Posner et al on the Idea Channel.
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Liberty Fund, Inc., a most important foundation for generating understanding of the bases of a free and prosperous society. Their economics library on-line contains, among other things, almost all works by James M. Buchanan, as well as several books by Adam Smith.
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The Nobel Prize Winners in Economics - read all about them.
- The Public Choice Society, for scholars with an interest in the economic analysis of politics.
- The International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), an organization of economists with an institutional approach.
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The Civil Society
Institute at Santa Clara University, a center dedicated to educating
students in classical political economy and its relevance to today's world.
If you are a high school student, thinking about which college to attend,
you are especially recommended to check this out. The director, Professor
Dan Klein, is a good friend of mine.
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The Home Page of Michael Wohlgemuth, a fellow economist with an Austrian twist and a good friend of mine, always stimulating!
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The Home Page of Daniel B. Klein, an economist at Santa Clara University and a good friend.
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The Home Page of Tyler Cowen, an economist at George Mason University.
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Professor Boettke's
Home Page, an economist at George Mason University
with some interesting papers on political and Austrian economics.
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The Home Page of Magnus Henrekson, associate professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and an esteemed and inspiring colleague.
- The James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, a new academic center at George Mason University, focusing on public choice research.
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The home page of the Stockholm School of Economics, my alma mater.
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Free the World, a site on measuring and documenting the effects of economic freedom.
- Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
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The Ratio Institute,
my workplace: a research institute in Stockholm focusing on market processes, institutions, and political change.
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frihandel.nu,
a site explaining why free trade is a really good thing (in Swedish).
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