Austro Libertarian : Recent Episodes
C.Jay Engel
Toward the advancement of the Austro-Libertarian tradition of economic and political thought, especially as it has been articulated by Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, and Hans-Hermann Hoppe
What an honor to talk with Peter Klein about entrepreneurship theory!
Peter Klein is the Carl Menger Research Fellow of the Mises Institute and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Baylor University. He is an Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Management at the Norwegian School of Economics. He earned his PhD in economics at the University of CA in Berkeley and is a former Associate Editor of The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek.
In this episode, Peter and I touch on a number of issues relating to the contributions of the Austrian School in the realm of entrepreneurial theory.
We discuss how the theory of the entrepreneur helps set the Austrian School apart from general Neo-classical economics. We relate the Misesian role of the entrepreneur to Mises’ distinction of profit vs. bureaucratic management.
Peter comments on entrepreneurial theory as it relates to the socialist calculation debate, and distinguishes between Israel Kirzner and Murray Rothbard’s interpretation of Mises as to the function of the entrepreneur in a market economy.
C.Jay is pleased to talk with Chris Calton about the drug war.
Chris is a Mises University alumnus and an economic historian. He is writer and host of the Historical Controversies podcast. You can find his YouTube channel here.
In this episode, we discuss the historical aspects of the war on drugs. We cover some of the motivations for increased government involvement, specific moments of importance in US drug war history, and why it is important to understand the development of the Federal Government’s relationships with drugs.
The link to Chris Calton’s Historical Controversies podcast at the Mises Institute is here. The drug war series was done first, so it is on the last page.
Don’t call it a comeback. In a renewed attempt to host a podcast, C.Jay looks into the relationship between praxeological propositions and so-called empirical evidence