Archive for Philip R. Murray
What Do Economists Contribute?
Professor Daniel Klein of Santa Clara University is one of the most engaging and creative economists around. In What Do Economists Contribute? he and nine other economists (most of them known to readers of Ideas on Liberty) try to explain just how economists contribute to the betterment of mankind. Although the title implies that the [...]
1Jul2000 | Philip R. Murray | 1 comment | ContinuedBetween Power and Liberty: Economics and the Law edited by Richard M. Ebeling
Hillsdale College Press • 1998 • 169 pages • $9.95 paperback Philip Murray is an associate professor of economics at Webber College in Babson Park, Florida. Between Power and Liberty: Economics and the Law, is the publication of the 1997 Ludwig von Mises lectures at Hillsdale College. The book’s title comes from James Madison’s description [...]
1Feb1999 | Philip R. Murray | 0 comments | ContinuedUnconventional Wisdoms: The Best of Warren Brookes edited by Thomas J. Bray
Pacific Research Institute • 1997 • 302 pages • $16.95 Philip Murray is associate professor of economics at Webber College in Babson Park, Florida. Warren Brookes was a nationally syndicated columnist who developed a reputation as a great opponent of statist nonsense and a great proponent of sound thinking in science, economics, and politics. In [...]
1Mar1998 | Philip R. Murray | 0 comments | ContinuedLearn to Earn
Philip Murray is an associate professor of economics at Webber College in Babson Park, Florida. If anyone doesn’t know U.S. economic history or how exciting business can be, wait until this book makes its mark. Although Peter Lynch and John Rothchild direct this book to a young audience, older readers will also find several worthwhile [...]
1Nov1996 | Philip R. Murray | 0 comments | Continued-
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