Violent conflict is a global phenomenon with devastating costs to individuals and their communities. Government experts and policymakers have responded with efforts to reduce violence and make peace. Such efforts are often implemented from the top-down, however, and are consequently limited in...

The theme of this volume is 'New thinking in austrian political economy'. It includes original research by scholars working within Austrian political economy. The contributors draw on insights from Austrian economics shed new light on a range of relevant topics including: the role of culture in...

Introduction / Peter Boettke, Christopher Coyne, Virgil Storr -- Exploring and extending the theory of the market process -- Plato's economic genius / Nathan Sawarzky -- Beyond the efficiency of the market : Adam Smith on sympathy and the poor law / Brianne Wolf -- Why be robust? : the...

What is the relationship between education and peace? While economists have written about the relationship between education and economic prosperity and about how economic trade and prosperity affect peace, in this paper we highlight a different and more direct connection between education and...

Volume 19 includes research by scholars working within Austrian political economy. The contributors shed incisive light on a range of topics in Austrian economics including: the role of culture in post-disaster recovery, class structure, decentralized political orders, drones, institutional...

How does culture impact economic life? Is culture like a ball and chain that actors must lug around as they pursue their material interests? Or, is culture like a tool-kit from which entrepreneurs can draw resources to aid them in their efforts? Or, is being immersed in a culture like wearing a...

1. Introduction -- 2. Economists should study culture -- 3. But economists often misunderstand the relationship between culture and markets -- 4. Economists ought to be looking at the spirits that animate markets -- 5. This does not mean that economists have to abandon economics.