Recently, a government corporation established as “Federal Prison Industries, Inc” (more commonly known as UNICOR), has gained attention in the public eye. Although UNICOR has been in existence since 1934, I first learned of its existence just last week while watching The Colbert Report. On October 7th, the Huffington Post ran this article criticizing UNICOR…
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I graduated from Grove City College in May 2012 with a B.A. in economics. I am currently a fellow with the Pittsburgh Fellows Program and am working as an intern at Net Health Systems, Inc.Author Archive | jdellape
What is the Economy?
The way “the economy” is discussed in our modern day has led to widespread misunderstanding about what “the economy” actually is. In the following, I will briefly share what it is, what it is not, and where the conversation about the economy has gone awry.
What it is:
The term “the economy” is used to…
President Obama Sounds like an Austrian Economist
Yes, the title is intentionally provocative. Last night I decided I would read President Obama’s nomination acceptance speech from the DNC. Truth be told, when taken out of context, the President said some things that resonate with the Austrian School of economics. The President rightly evaluated that there is no easy, quick and painless way…
Organizing the Firm
The last subject covered by Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein in Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment is the internal organization of the firm. Foss and Klein argue that the organization of the firm is critical to how entrepreneurial judgment will be manifested at different levels of the firm. Ownership rights are foundational for this organization to occur.…
Entrepreneurship and the Nature and Boundaries of the Firm
In the final chapters of Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment, Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein set out to theoretically account for the existence, boundaries and internal organization of the firm. They continue to focus on the central role of the entrepreneur in explaining the firm. Chapter seven is the point at which Foss and Klein really begin…
Entrepreneurship and the Economic Theory of the Firm
Beginning with chapter six of Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment, Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein focus on actually making the connection between the theory of the entrepreneur and the theory of the firm. Specifically in chapter six, Foss and Klein dive into existing theories of the firm and the role for the entrepreneur within those theories. While…
What are Capital Goods?
In chapter 5 of Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment, Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein articulate the real nature of capital goods. They explain how the treatment of capital goods has varied among different schools of economic thought as well as the implications for the firm and the entrepreneur resulting from differing conceptions of capital goods. Foss and…
What is Entrepreneurial Judgment?
Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein give a full overview of judgment in chapter 4 of their book Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment. Foss and Klein present an overview of the economic literature which treats entrepreneurship as judgment and proceed to flesh out the attributes of judgment. They conclude the chapter by suggesting that investments should be the…
Entrepreneurship: From Opportunity Discovery to Judgment
Chapter three of Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein’s book Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment: A New Approach to the Firm takes a detailed look at the opportunity discovery view of entrepreneurship put forth by Kirzner (as we discussed in part 2 yesterday) and compares and contrasts it with the views of those in the Austrian School of…
What is Entrepreneurship?
Foss and Klein dedicate the second chapter of their book Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment: A New Approach to the Firm to putting forth the best definition of entrepreneurship. Although entrepreneurship studies is one of the fastest growing fields in colleges and universities around the world, FK argue that there is still much work to be done…
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Reality TV Inventor Loses Big to ‘Buy American’ Fallacy
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Unlearning Economics
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MIT Economist, Former IMF Chief Engages Ron Paul on Banking and Makes an Interventionist Mistake
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The Monopoly Bogeyman
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How My Naïve Perception of the Economics Profession Eventually Changed
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Tenets of Economic Faith
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Economics as Religion: The Paradox of Self-Interest
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Waging War on Work
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The Dark Side of Monetary Inflation
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In Praise of Speculators
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