A new generation of critical theorists seeks to poke holes in the history of economic theory and liberal political economy and to demonstrate inherent flaws of the capitalist system. Instead of abandoning the disciplines of history and intellectual history, economists must face this challenge or else risk the triumph of economic fallacies and false promises that impede human freedom and well-being.
Peter J. Boettke is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University.
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Other Independent Review articles by Peter J. Boettke
Fall 2024 Capitalism versus Socialism: The Confusion of Knight, the Clarity of Mises
Fall 2023 Don Lavoie: The Failures of Socialist Central Planning
Winter 2022/23 Mont Pèlerin 1947: Transcripts of the Founding Meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society
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