When I began blogging about Modern Monetary Theory, I knew I risked alienating or at least annoying some of my Austrian Economics friends. The Austrians are a combative lot, used to fighting on the ...

When a presidential candidate declares, as Ron Paul has, "We're all Austrians now," it's inevitable that his critics would try to discredit him—whether they understand what he's talking about or not.

Generations of scholars come and go; a few, including Roger Garrison, make their mark on the field and inspire future ...

Forty years ago, during the week of June 15-22, 1974, the Austrian School of Economics was reborn during a conference in the small New England town of South Royalton, Vermont. Why was this important?

Those familiar with this column are well aware of how very much it venerates what’s known as “Austrian” economic thinking, or the Austrian School. Books by Ludwig von Mises are always nearby, and then ...

The Austrian school of economics is a school of economic thought that emphasizes the importance of individual human action and free markets in economic decision-making. It has its origins in late 19th ...

While Hyman Minsky and Friedrich Hayek are often thought to be polar extremes of economic thought. Minsky was one of the most prominent members of the post-Keynesian school of economists and an ...

Austrian economics provides valuable insights for business planning, but not so much in business cycle analysis. It’s not that key insights from the Austrian school of economics are wrong, but that ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Over 50 years ago, economist William Baumol noted that economics was a theory of the economy that left no place for entrepreneurship.

Moreover, Bitcoin has become a store of value for many individuals who see it as a hedge against fiat currency devaluation. Its decentralized nature and limited supply have led some to view it as ...

The fourth—and presumably final—sports lockout of the 2011-2013 biennium came to a quiet end on Sunday morning when the National Hockey League and its players union agreed to a new 10-year collective ...