“Diversity in Economics : An Analysis of Journal Quality Perceptions,” Kostas Axarloglou and Vasilis Theoharakis, Journal of European Economic Association, December 2003, 1(6): 1402-1423. Abstract: It is still debatable whether …

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Bias in Economics Journals — Mises Economics Blog

Essentially, economic analysis consists of: (1) an understanding of the categories of action and an understanding of the meaning of a change in values, costs, technological knowledge, etc.; (2) a description of a situation in which …

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The Nature of Economic Analysis — Mises Economics Blog

Essentially, economic analysis consists of: (1) an understanding of the categories of action and an understanding of the meaning of a change in values, costs, technological knowledge, etc.; (2) a description of a situation in which …

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The Nature of Economic Analysis — Mises Economics Blog

Chicago Fed Letter.

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Can higher education foster economic growth?;

I believe the term I used was “profit-making”, i.e. such that monetary proceeds of the book exceeded monetary production costs. (for the picky: I’m using the accounting, not economic sense of profit) I thought you were going to start …

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Other Top Ten Lists of Libertarian Books — Mises Economics Blog

Something about Friedman’s Machinery always bugged me – maybe it was the way he noted that Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is “reputed” to be a good introductory book on economics , but “I have not read it” – as if he does not need to. …

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Top Ten Books of Liberty — Mises Economics Blog

Something about Friedman’s Machinery always bugged me – maybe it was the way he noted that Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is “reputed” to be a good introductory book on economics , but “I have not read it” – as if he does not need to. …

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Top Ten Books of Liberty — Mises Economics Blog