Austrian School

Index numbers and choice: Haberler’s unseen bridge between Austrian Economics and Logical Empiricism Executive Summary This paper examines Gottfried Haberler’s early theoretical work on index numbers as a unique point of convergence between the Austrian School of Economics and the tradition of Logical Empiricism. While these schools are often seen as methodologically opposed – the […]

  It is late autumn 2025, and lest we forget that Christian Watrin, one of Germany’s most profound scholars, died in Cologne 5 years ago. Watrin belonged to that irreplaceable generation of European academics whose work arose and developed from a comprehensive approach to various disciplines that condition and influence one another. As the author […]

    The principle of equity embodied in The Flat Tax is that every taxpayer pays taxes in direct proportion to his income. As incomes double, triple, or grow tenfold, tax obligations double, triple, or rise tenfold. Those who earn more pay more. Alvin Rabushka and Robert E. Hall     Take Away The Flat […]

Just off the press: A brand new ecaef.org book presented by H.S.H. Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein at Pedro Schwartz’ 90th Birthday.   Indeed, economic analysis is woefully shortsighted when not grounded on a solid basis of liberal political philosophy. And conversely, political philosophy will be buffeted by the currents and crosswinds of mere fashion if […]

On the ‘useless preachings’ of a great liberal thinker. by Raffaele De Mucci (LUISS)   The purpose of this contribution is theoretical rather than historiographical. It aims to offer a reconstruction of some key aspects of Luigi Einaudi’s liberal thought, particularly those that are most relevant to understand Einaudi’s positioning regarding the “great divide” between […]