The authors highlight under-appreciated problems with implementing a Basic Income Policy, even in the case of simple cash transfers which, given the existence of redistribution, are preferable to the bureaucratic machinery necessary for rationing specific goods

Liberal principles of self-government are severely tested when faced with an existential threat like foreign attack, financial crises, and a global pandemic. COVID-19 represented such an existential threat to the liberal order. The policy path followed as a consequence of such an emergency will...

We argue that the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic by all levels of government around the world is not consistent with recommendations from standard welfare economics. Thus, it is important to ask why such policies have been adopted. That opens the door to examining the political economy...

Advances in Austrian Economics is a research annual whose editorial policy is to publish original research articles on Austrian economics. Each volume attempts to apply the insights of Austrian economics and related approaches to topics that are of current interest in economics and cognate...