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Does Capitalism Cause Poverty?

Capitalism gets blamed for many things nowadays: poverty, inequality, unemployment, even global warming. As Pope Francis said in a recent speech in Bolivia: “This system is by now intolerable: farm

Ricardo Hausmann

2. March 2016

On Our Own Behalf: The Austrian Institute introduces itself

In 1949, Friedrich August von Hayek—one of the most important representatives of the Austrian School of Economics—said in an essay entitled “The Intellectuals and Socialism”: “What we lack is a liberal utopia…a truly liberal radicalism which does not spare the susceptibilities of the mighty…

Austrian Institute

1. March 2016

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On Our Own Behalf: The Austrian Institute introduces itself

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