Isn't It Odd that Most of the Good Economists are Affiliated with the MI?

Economics Economics Questions
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I find it interesting that some of the most insightful economists I have ever read/heard are affiliated with the LvMI. Not simply in that they are practicing ‘correct’ economics, to some sense the Supply-Siders, New Institutionalists and Masonites are good on most issues; but the MI seems to attract the best.

For example, I find Klein’s work on entrepreneurship and the role of corporations to be simply the best I have ever read. Salerno is the only person I have ever read to paralell my views on economic calculation so well. Hoppe has done more in ‘public choice’ than all the books printed by Tullock; and Robert P. Murphy is the only man I’ve ever heard marshall a decent argument against time preference.

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Can you point me to the referenced Murphy paper/article? A stand out piece from Salerno on his view of calculation would be great as well, if you have one.

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It’s really not that strange, given that the Ludwig von Mises Institute is really the only research institute that is “hardline” Misesian.

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I lol’d.

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Can you point me to the referenced Murphy paper/article? A stand out piece from Salerno on his view of calculation would be great as well, if you have one.

Salerno

Murphy

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What do you think of some of Gary Becker’s work, RJM?

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I have heard the name, but never read anything by him.

Apparently he misunderstands the ABCT and supports that anti-trust nonsense, though. I find it hard to take any economist who supports anti-trust seriously. The whole Chicago and Public Choice school is riddled with Jacobin BS.

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It’s not that surprising that the economists you like are are the economists you like.

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I’m personally relatively indifferent between LvMi and GMU. Boettke on real existing socialism, Coyne on the dynamics of war and Leesson on pirates and self-governance are pretty good ‘applied economics’, or ‘history’ as we probably should call it.

Salerno on calculation, Klein on entrepreneurship and Murphy on the state of the economy are awesome.

I like Hoppe’s work with some moderation/reservation.