Publications

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John Trasher: Constructivism, representation, and stability: path-dependence in public reason theories of justice

Public reason theories are characterized by three conditions: constructivism, representation, and stability. Constructivism holds that justification does not rely on any antecedent moral or political values outside of the procedure of agreement. Representation holds that the reasons for the choice in the model must be rationally explicable to real agents outside the model. Continue Reading…

By Alexander Albrecht, 2 days ago

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John Trasher: Two of a kind: Are norms of honor a species of morality?

Should the norms of honor cultures be classified as a variety of morality? In their paper “Two of a kind: Are norms of honor a species of morality?”, NOUS member John Trasher and Toby Handfield address this question by considering various empirical bases on which norms can be taxonomically organised. Continue Reading…

By Alexander Albrecht, 2 days2 days ago

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John Trasher: Democracy Unchained: Contractualism, Individualism, and Independence in Buchanan’s Democratic Theory

Contrary to the claims of some of his critics, James Buchanan was an ardent democrat. In his paper ” Democracy Unchained: Contractualism, Individualism, and Independence in Buchanan’s Democratic Theory” NOUS member John Trasher argues that Buchanan’s conception of democratic governance organized by a contractually justified constitution is highly distinctive because Continue Reading…

By Alexander Albrecht, 2 days2 days ago

Monographie

John Trasher: The Ethics of Capitalism

Can capitalism have moral foundations? Though this question may seem strange in today’s world of vast economic disparities and widespread poverty, discussions originating with the birth of capitalism add a critical perspective to the current debate on the efficacy and morality of capitalist economies. In their latest book “The Ethics Continue Reading…

By Alexander Albrecht, 2 days2 days ago

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The Errors of Historicism in German Economics

This is the first-ever English translation of Carl Menger’s The Errors of Historicism in German Economics. Originally published in 1884, the book is Menger’s second major contribution to what became known as the Methodenstreit between him and Gustav Schmoller. Menger writes The Errors of Historicism in German Economics as a response to Schmoller’s Continue Reading…

By Alexander Albrecht, 3 weeks3 weeks ago

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Malte Dold and Tim Krieger: The ‘New’ Crisis of the Liberal Order: Populism, Socioeconomic Imbalances, and the Response of Contemporary Ordoliberalism

In their latest paper, NOUS members Tim Krieger and Malte Dold argue that our current liberal economic order is unfit to deal with fundamental social asymmetries. The benefits of open borders and economic integration are distributed unevenly in most societies with urban economic and political elites as main beneficiaries and Continue Reading…

By Alexander Albrecht, 2 months2 months ago

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F. Gouveia, T. Nilsson and N. Berggren: ‘Two Gentlemen Sharing’: Rental Discrimination of Same-Sex Couples in Portugal

In their paper, Filipe Rodrigues Gouveia, Therese Nilsson, and NOUS member Niclas Berggren measure and analyze discriminatory behavior against same-sex couples trying to rent an apartment in Portugal. This is the first correspondence field experiment investigating discrimination against this minority group in Portugal, adding to a literature using this method Continue Reading…

By Alexander Albrecht, 2 months2 months ago

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Mark Pennington: Hayek on complexity, uncertainty and pandemic response

In his latest paper, NOUS member Mark Pennington draws on Hayek’s distinction between simple and complex phenomena to understand the nature of the challenge facing policymakers in responding to the new coronavirus pandemic. He shows that while government action is justifiable there may be few systemic mechanisms that enable policymakers Continue Reading…

By Alexander Albrecht, 2 months2 months ago