All Posts Tagged With: "Ludwig Lachmann"
Why Do Futurists Get So Much Wrong?
The Austrian economist Ludwig Lachmann once walked into the colloquium room at New York University, where the blackboard displayed this quotation: “When it comes to the future, one word says it all: You never know. – Y. Berra.” Having built much of his economics on the unknowability of the future, Lachmann noticed the quote. However, [...]
25Aug2010 | Steven Horwitz | 6 comments | ContinuedThe Low Road and the High Ground
[W]hen things get nasty … we shouldn’t just shrug our shoulders and say things never change. Such nastiness can and should be avoided, and those of us in the freedom movement can take the lead by setting a better example.
17Dec2009 | Steven Horwitz | 7 comments | Continued-
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