Markets & Society Journal 2024 | Volume 1 | Issue 1

Published by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

In volume 1, issue 1, Virgil Henry Storr and Stefanie Haeffele introduce the journal as a space for and across a variety of disciplines, utilizing a variety of methods, to explore key questions about the nature of markets and the potential of society. Then in a series of keynote addresses, economist Peter J. Boettke explores the possibility and likelihood of social cooperation in a cosmopolitan liberal order, economist Deirdre N. McCloskey discusses the historical importance of liberalism in spurring human flourishing, and philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah speaks to the key role that museums play as collections of human attainment and the complex nature of heritage and ownership of the arts. There are also five original research articles exploring the themes of liberalism, family, crises, repugnant markets, informal markets, and technological change.

Find the full Journal on the Markets and Society website.