Whenever I listen to Econtalk’s Russ Roberts talk about the current financial crisis I am always waiting for him to come out and blame the Federal Reserve. He seems to be a Hayekian, which doesn’t translate into an Austrian, although I am pretty sure he is a small govt libertarian. But for some reason he never seems to come out with an Austrian view. I guess you can be a Hayekian and focus on his ideas of spontaneous order, the knowledge problem, and not as much on the Austrian business cycle.
Well, there are two recent Econtalk podcasts that have Austro-libertarian guests, George Selgin on Free Banking, and Bob Higgs on the Great Depression. Definitely worth a listen.
In addition, here is an excellent article by Mr. Higgs, “If Men Were Angels: The Basic Analytics of the State versus Self-government.”
