Austrian Addiction

Daniel J. D'Amico — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:23:22 GMT

Blog Moved

Daniel J. D'Amico — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:10:34 GMT

Announcement: This blog has moved to http://imprisonersdilemma.rationalmind.net/ . All future posts will be made at that URL. Read More......(read more)

Response to Koppl

Daniel J. D'Amico — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:35:59 GMT

After my recent re-post of Tyler Cowen's comments concerning Hayek's The Sensory Order , Roger Koppl posted a reply and sent along his recent paper "Some epistemological implications of economic complexity," forthcoming in JEBO . The...(read more)

Sensitive about the Sensory Order

Daniel J. D'Amico — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:10:46 GMT

When Pete Boettke and I were drafting our two pieces on Hayek's Sensory Order ( here and here ). Pete Leeson joked that we should entitle the first paper, "Stop Pretending Like You Understand What This Book Means." Alas we settled on the...(read more)

IP lecture at Cato for IHS interns

Daniel J. D'Amico — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:18:36 GMT

It is the second video listed at this page. Read More......(read more)

Caplan on optimal restitution

Daniel J. D'Amico — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:33:01 GMT

So this is a bit of a delayed response: After reading my paper, Caplan recently posted that he began to think about the challenge of optimally calculating restitution. While Bryan's willing to admit that the United States is excessively punitive when...(read more)

Frudent asks me about the tea-party movement.

Daniel J. D'Amico — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:37:17 GMT

I recently received an email from a former student now friend. He simply asked, "What's your take on the Tea Party? On the money or just a decent direction? Or just plain wack jobs?" I replied quickly but have since continued to think about...(read more)

The captivating Amy Sturgis

Daniel J. D'Amico — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:34:51 GMT

This week I had the wonderful privileged of enjoying a lecture given by Amy Sturgis at IHS's summer conference Liberty and Society . Amy's talk was awesome! Both fun and fascinating. For those unfamiliar with her work, Amy traces the ideals of...(read more)

Coordination in the JPE

Daniel J. D'Amico — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:33:14 GMT

Pete Boettke's and I's co-authored article, "Corridors, Coordination, and the Entrepreneurial Theory of the Market Process" has been released in JPE Spring 2010.pdf . In this paper we argue against the perspective offered in Klein and...(read more)

The Business Ethics of Incarceration

Daniel J. D'Amico — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:02:54 GMT

My paper entitled, "The Business Ethics of Incarceration: The Moral Implications of Treating Prisons Like Businesses," is included in the latest issue of Reason Papers . The issue is a symposium on the topic of Business Ethics and definitely...(read more)

Coolest thing to happen to me as a prof yet...

Daniel J. D'Amico — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:35:12 GMT

Honestly I've been hesitating to post this because Adam Martin and Geoff Lea are sure to have a field day with it. About a week ago one of my former students from my principles of microeconomics class in the fall explained to me that he had digitally...(read more)

Interview on New Orleans Channel 4

Daniel J. D'Amico — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:09:15 GMT

My latest interview on Louisiana's state deficit for local Channel 4: Read More......(read more)

The more things change, the more they stay the same

Daniel J. D'Amico — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:23:49 GMT

When I was an undergraduate at Loyola I wrote a bi-weekly column for the student newspaper. This week I was invited as a faculty member to contribute on op-ed commenting on the recent campus wide issue of unionizing our dining services employees. Just...(read more)

Bruce Lee's inner Hayek

Daniel J. D'Amico — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:38:09 GMT

He who knows not and knows not he knows not, He is a fool - Shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not, He is simple - Teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep - Awaken him. He who knows and knows that he knows, He is wise Read...(read more)

Bruce Lee's inner Hayek

Daniel J. D'Amico — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:38:09 GMT