The Social Change Project brings together a global network of interdisciplinary scholars whose research advances an understanding of social change—how societies transition and institutions support markets and progress.
Why do seemingly irrational superstitions persist? In this journal article, the authors analyze the widely held belief among Asians that children born in the Year of the dragon are superior.
This article argues a new approach to immigration in that visas should not be allocated based on arbitrary political criteria but instead through the price system.
The idea of a kaleidic economy or society is strongly associated with George Shackle and his vision of Keynesian kaleidics. This essay asserts that the central thrust of the Austrian tradition in economic analysis can be described by the term Viennese kaleidics.
The authors assess the impact of two groups of economists; mainline economists who regard economics primarily as the science of exchange and mainstream economists who perceive economics primarily as the science of choice.
In this article, Peter J. Boettke likens Gerald Gaus’s argument to the work of Friedrich Hayek and James Buchanan in political economy and public choice.
Omar Al-Ubaydli is a research fellow at the Mercatus Center and an assistant professor of economics at George Mason University. His primary research interests are experimental economics, political economy, and the economics of science.
Paul Dragos Aligica is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, and Senior Fellow at the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at George Mason University.
Peter Boettke is a University Professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University, the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, and the Director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at GMU.
Jack A. Goldstone is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center and the Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Professor of public policy at George Mason University. His primary research interests are economic growth in the global economy, the effects of population change on economic growth, the causes and outcomes of revolutions, and improving governance in developing nations.
In this video, Christopher Coyne gives a one on one interview following a book panel he conducted with the Cato Institute on June 5, 2013 about his book Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails.
Adam J. Hoffer, researcher of the Size, Growth and Creation of the Sindustry discusses why certain states and municipalities tax products at different rates.
The F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and The Independent Institute invites you to a book discussion on Professor Peter Boettke’s new book, Living Economics: Yesterday, Today , and Tomorrow.
In 2010, Haiti was ravaged by a brutal earthquake that affected the lives of millions. The call to assist those in need was heard around the globe. Yet two years later humanitarian efforts led by governments and NGOs have largely failed.
