Two Papers on SSRN and One at Mercatus

Steven Horwitz

I have just uploaded two recent working papers to SSRN.

1.  "Theory, History, and the Great Recession," which is my contribution to the RAE symposium on Don Lavoie's "The Interpretive Dimension of Economics" paper from 1985 that was so influential on many of us in that era, yet never published other than as a working paper.

2.  "From Rabbit Ears to Flat Screen:  It’s Getting Better All the Time!" co-authored with Stewart Dompe is our contribution to Josh Hall's edited volume Homer Economicus:  The Simpsons and Economics, which will be available this spring.  In it, we use the evolution of the Simpson family's consumption patterns to illustrate the increased standard of living of the average American family that I have been blogging about in recent years.

Also, I don't think I ever linked to the following working paper available at the Mercatus site:

"The Great Recession and Its Aftermath from a Monetary Equilibrium Perspective" co-authored with Will Luther is our contribution to Steve Kates's second volume of alternative perspectives on the Great Recession.

Comments

[Daniel Kuehn]

The Simpson's paper sounds fantastic! Looking forward to reading it.

[Ryan Langrill]

Is Lavoie's paper available anywhere?

[Chris Coyne]

Ryan,

It will be published in a special issue of the RAE in 2011. Virgil Storr is editing the special issue. Contact Virgil and he can get you a copy of the paper.

Chris