Per Bylund
Contributor/Visiting Scholar – June 2021
Per L. Bylund, PhD, is associate professor at Oklahoma State University, a senior writer and two-time Visiting Scholar at AIER, Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, and author of How to Think about the Economy: A Primer.
Follow him on Twitter @PerBylund
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What Hayek Tells Us About the Limits of War Planning
F.A. Hayek’s insights challenge the idea of rational war: outcomes depend on dispersed, tacit knowledge no planner can fully access or control.
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CPI Meets Goodhart’s Law: Can Economic Metrics Become Fallacies?
When measures like CPI and GDP become policy targets, they also become sources of confusion for both experts and the public.
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Fallacies Forthcoming: Why Mazzucato’s Latest Is Already Outdated
Before it even hits shelves, Mariana Mazzucato’s newest book recycles ideas that economists have already dismantled.
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The Real Lesson of the TSA Walkout
When failure carries no penalty, dysfunction becomes self-perpetuating. Bureaucratic incentives turn your frustrations into TSA’s leverage.
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Contra Abundance
“Not all differences are due to injustice. We can improve our own situation, both individually and collectively, by acting prudently, wisely, and productively.” ~ Per Bylund
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Wanted: Economic Literacy
“Economics is in a very real sense a way of thinking that is continuously enlightening to whomever masters that science. It is not about memorizing lemmas or models, or of learning technically sophisticated methods. It’s something much more fundamental: an understanding of how the world works.” ~ Per L. Bylund
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What Sweden Can Teach Us About the Economics of Pandemics
Sweden will have avoided the lion’s share of the enormous economic, personal, and social tragedies that societies under lockdown have imposed on themselves. From this perspective, perhaps Sweden’s strategy should be neither feared nor maligned, but emulated.
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What Hayek Tells Us About the Limits of War Planning
F.A. Hayek’s insights challenge the idea of rational war: outcomes depend on dispersed, tacit knowledge no planner can fully access or control.
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•
CPI Meets Goodhart’s Law: Can Economic Metrics Become Fallacies?
When measures like CPI and GDP become policy targets, they also become sources of confusion for both experts and the public.
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•
Fallacies Forthcoming: Why Mazzucato’s Latest Is Already Outdated
Before it even hits shelves, Mariana Mazzucato’s newest book recycles ideas that economists have already dismantled.
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•
The Real Lesson of the TSA Walkout
When failure carries no penalty, dysfunction becomes self-perpetuating. Bureaucratic incentives turn your frustrations into TSA’s leverage.
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•
Contra Abundance
“Not all differences are due to injustice. We can improve our own situation, both individually and collectively, by acting prudently, wisely, and productively.” ~ Per Bylund
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•
Wanted: Economic Literacy
“Economics is in a very real sense a way of thinking that is continuously enlightening to whomever masters that science. It is not about memorizing lemmas or models, or of learning technically sophisticated methods. It’s something much more fundamental: an understanding of how the world works.” ~ Per L. Bylund
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What Sweden Can Teach Us About the Economics of Pandemics
Sweden will have avoided the lion’s share of the enormous economic, personal, and social tragedies that societies under lockdown have imposed on themselves. From this perspective, perhaps Sweden’s strategy should be neither feared nor maligned, but emulated.