Archive for Leland B. Yeager

Hazlitt’s “The Foundations of Morality”

Leland Yeager is the Ludwig von Mises Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Auburn University and the Paul Goodloe McIntire Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Ethics as Social Science: The Moral Philosophy of Social Cooperation (Elgar, 2002). Editor’s Note: In 1964 Henry Hazlitt published what would [...]

1Nov2004 | | 0 comments | Continued

Book Review ~ Ethics as Social Science: The Moral Philosophy of Social Cooperation

Edward Elgar o 2001 o 352 pages o $160.00 Reviewed by Gene Callahan Professor Leland Yeager has had a long and distinguished career as an economist. The focus of his economic research has been on monetary issues, but regular readers of his work will know of his wide range of interests and not be surprised [...]

1Nov2002 | | 0 comments | Continued

Risk and Business Cycles: New and Old Austrian Perspectives

Leland B. Yeager is Ludwig von Mises Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Auburn University. The Austrian theory of the business cycle describes how expansion of money and credit can cause recession or depression. Perhaps under political pressure to cut interest rates, the monetary authorities expand bank reserves. Business firms find credit cheaper and more [...]

1Sep1998 | | 1 comment | Continued

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