Education
Duke’s HOPE Center Wins Major Grant
The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University, which was established in 2008 with a grant by the John W. Pope Foundation to “promote and support research in,…
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Hayek and central planning
Fans of the late economist F.A. Hayek know he was no fan of government central planning. But the latest Hayek Lecture at Duke University challenged Hayek’s antipathy toward planning. Legal…
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Bruce Caldwell offers 10 Hayekian insights into our economic trouble
Duke economics professor Bruce Caldwell, one of the world’s foremost Hayek scholars, offers 10 Hayekian insights into our economic trouble in this Heritage paper. It isn’t short, but is most…
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Even George Soros is interested in spreading the word about Hayek?
He can?t be F.A. Hayek?s biggest fan, but big-bucks lefty George Soros has shown some interest in the Austrian School economist, as we learn in the latest Bloomberg Businessweek: Equally…
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A hole in the economics curriculum
In this weeks Pope Center Clarion Call Professor Bruce Caldwell of Duke University discusses what he sees as a hole in the graduate economics curriculum and one that’s developing for…
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New Carolina Journal Online features
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features a conversation with Duke University economist Bruce Caldwell about the important lessons we can learn from economic history. Troy Kickler’s guest Daily…
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Hayek’s No. 1
Thanks to a recent push from Glenn Beck, the classic 66-year-old F.A. Hayek book The Road to Serfdom is topping the best-seller lists. Beck specifically touted the “definitive” edition edited…
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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
North Carolina needs a better process for selecting its road-building projects, not a new pool of money to pay for those projects. John Hood explains why in the next edition…
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Popular Hayek
George Leef noted recently the growing popularity of F.A. Hayek’s Road to Serfdom. You might enjoy revisiting what Hayek scholar Bruce Caldwell said about the book during an interview with…
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Professor Bruce Caldwell on Hayek’s Road to Serfdom
Writing in the Washington Post, Duke economics professor Bruce Caldwell has a delightful piece on the increasing popularity of F.A. Hayek’s book The Road to Serfdom. I think that a…
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Let?s see your proof
In the latest Newsweek, Rana Foorohar offers this assessment of economists? efforts to explain ?our failed financial system?: For the first time in decades, the profession is rethinking all the…
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The history of economics
As the economy has swooned during the past couple of years, many people have been looking for reasons. They’ve also been interested to learn how businesses and governments addressed past…