Austrian Economics in Contemporary Business Applicationsedited by Hunter HastingsAuburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2020, 68 pp. Fernando D’Andrea (dodandrea@gmail.com) is a Ph.D. student in entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University. The six-chapter book Austrian Economics in Contemporary Business Applications promises to follow Mises’s and

Jason Morgan (jmorgan@reitaku-u.ac.jp) is associate professor at Reitaku University in Kashiwa, Japan. PRIME MINISTER ABE SHINZŌ’S RESIGNATION AND THE END OF AN ERA IN JAPAN On August 28, 2020, Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzō entered a Tokyo press conference and began speaking.

Tax Tyrannyby Pascal SalinCheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2020, 224 pp. Jörg Guido Hülsmann (guido.hulsmann@univ-angers.fr) is Professor of Economics at the University of Angers. Pascal Salin is one of the most important Continental European economists. Throughout his career, he has developed and defended the

Re-reading Economics in Literature: A Capitalist Critical Perspectiveby Matt SpiveyLanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2021, 133 pp. David Gordon (dgordon@mises.org) is a senior fellow at the Mises Institute and editor of the Journal of Libertarian Studies. Matt Spivey asks an important question. Literary critics

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