J Patrick Gunning
Biographic Data
| ID | 369567 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Patrick Gunning |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Gunning |
| SIGNATURE | GUNNING J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rollins College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Did Mises Err? Was He a Utilitarian: Reply to Block
Walter Block's critique of my paper fails to address the main argument: that Ludwig von Mises's support for laissez faire comes from a comparison of the systems recommended by the ideologies of socialism, interventionism, and liberalism. Mises compares these systems according to the criterion of their capacity to achieve the goal of satisfying material wants. This goal is either explicit or implicit in the arguments made by those who subscribe to…
How to be a Value-Free Advocate of Laissez Faire: Ludwig von Mises's Solution
Ludwig von Mises is often regarded as a "champion" of laissez faire. This characterization seems to contradict Mises's clear statement that economics is value free. The aim of this paper is to resolve this apparent contradiction. We accomplish this by distinguishing, as Mises did, between the advocacy of specific laissez-faire policies and the advocacy of a laissez-faire ideology vis-à-vis the alternative ideologies of socialism and interventioni…
Ronald Coase's Method of Building More Realistic Models of Choice
This paper argues that Ronald Coase’s major contributions to economic theory are best understood in terms of the distinct method he used to build more realistic models of choice. We call his method the benchmark-comparison method. It consists of building models of choice and then using them as benchmarks in the further investigation of economic interaction, either by comparing the benchmark models with observed inter-action or by building additio…
Herbert Davenport on the Single Tax: A Second Look
Despite a recent claim to the contrary, Herbert J. Davenport was firmly against the Henry George proposal to try to raise all public funds from a tax on land. This is evidenced by two papers he wrote on the subject. Davenport argued that the single tax on land would prompt the inefficient use of substitutes for land, that it would tend to destroy the base upon which the tax was levied, and that it would offend our sense of justice, or the equal t…
The New Subjective Revolution
The Methodology of Austrian Economics and Its Relevance to Institutionalism
The methodology of Austrian economics's presented in the writings of Ludwig von Mises is described. The Misesian system is built on a priori categories (choice, causality, teleology, time, uncertainty) which Mises regarded as common to all human actors. He used these categories to describe how theories of social phenomena must be constructed if they are to be comprehensible to others. To interpret history, including economic history, one must inv…
Piaget and Social Economy
Piaget's theory of the development of knowledge has been discussed in recent years in articles by Solo [1975] and Solterer [1982], In my view, both have misapplied Piaget's monumental accomplishments. My main quarrel with these efforts is that they neglect the individualistic nature of Piaget's theory. Or at least they fail to effectively bridge the gap between what is known about the growth of a typical individual's knowledge and the growth of t…
Causes of Unemployment: The Austrian Perspective
Research Article| June 01 1985 Causes of Unemployment: the Austrian Perspective J. Patrick Gunning J. Patrick Gunning Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1985) 17 (2): 223–244. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-17-2-223 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation J. Patrick Gunning; Causes of Unemployment: the Austrian Perspective. History of…
An economic approach to riot analysis
An economic approach to riot analysis
How to be a Value-Free Advocate of Laissez Faire: Ludwig von Mises's Solution
Ludwig von Mises is often regarded as a "champion" of laissez faire. This characterization seems to contradict Mises's clear statement that economics is value free. The aim of this paper is to resolve this apparent contradiction. We accomplish this by distinguishing, as Mises did, between the advocacy of specific laissez-faire policies and the advocacy of a laissez-faire ideology vis-à-vis the alternative ideologies of socialism and interventioni…
Did Mises Err? Was He a Utilitarian: Reply to Block
Walter Block's critique of my paper fails to address the main argument: that Ludwig von Mises's support for laissez faire comes from a comparison of the systems recommended by the ideologies of socialism, interventionism, and liberalism. Mises compares these systems according to the criterion of their capacity to achieve the goal of satisfying material wants. This goal is either explicit or implicit in the arguments made by those who subscribe to…
Ronald Coase's Method of Building More Realistic Models of Choice
This paper argues that Ronald Coase’s major contributions to economic theory are best understood in terms of the distinct method he used to build more realistic models of choice. We call his method the benchmark-comparison method. It consists of building models of choice and then using them as benchmarks in the further investigation of economic interaction, either by comparing the benchmark models with observed inter-action or by building additio…
The Methodology of Austrian Economics and Its Relevance to Institutionalism
The methodology of Austrian economics's presented in the writings of Ludwig von Mises is described. The Misesian system is built on a priori categories (choice, causality, teleology, time, uncertainty) which Mises regarded as common to all human actors. He used these categories to describe how theories of social phenomena must be constructed if they are to be comprehensible to others. To interpret history, including economic history, one must inv…
An economic approach to riot analysis
Piaget and Social Economy
Piaget's theory of the development of knowledge has been discussed in recent years in articles by Solo [1975] and Solterer [1982], In my view, both have misapplied Piaget's monumental accomplishments. My main quarrel with these efforts is that they neglect the individualistic nature of Piaget's theory. Or at least they fail to effectively bridge the gap between what is known about the growth of a typical individual's knowledge and the growth of t…
Causes of Unemployment: The Austrian Perspective
Research Article| June 01 1985 Causes of Unemployment: the Austrian Perspective J. Patrick Gunning J. Patrick Gunning Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1985) 17 (2): 223–244. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-17-2-223 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation J. Patrick Gunning; Causes of Unemployment: the Austrian Perspective. History of…
The Methodology of Austrian Economics and Its Relevance to Institutionalism
The methodology of Austrian economics's presented in the writings of Ludwig von Mises is described. The Misesian system is built on a priori categories (choice, causality, teleology, time, uncertainty) which Mises regarded as common to all human actors. He used these categories to describe how theories of social phenomena must be constructed if they are to be comprehensible to others. To interpret history, including economic history, one must inv…
The New Subjective Revolution
Herbert Davenport on the Single Tax: A Second Look
Despite a recent claim to the contrary, Herbert J. Davenport was firmly against the Henry George proposal to try to raise all public funds from a tax on land. This is evidenced by two papers he wrote on the subject. Davenport argued that the single tax on land would prompt the inefficient use of substitutes for land, that it would tend to destroy the base upon which the tax was levied, and that it would offend our sense of justice, or the equal t…
Ronald Coase's Method of Building More Realistic Models of Choice
This paper argues that Ronald Coase’s major contributions to economic theory are best understood in terms of the distinct method he used to build more realistic models of choice. We call his method the benchmark-comparison method. It consists of building models of choice and then using them as benchmarks in the further investigation of economic interaction, either by comparing the benchmark models with observed inter-action or by building additio…
Did Mises Err? Was He a Utilitarian: Reply to Block
Walter Block's critique of my paper fails to address the main argument: that Ludwig von Mises's support for laissez faire comes from a comparison of the systems recommended by the ideologies of socialism, interventionism, and liberalism. Mises compares these systems according to the criterion of their capacity to achieve the goal of satisfying material wants. This goal is either explicit or implicit in the arguments made by those who subscribe to…
How to be a Value-Free Advocate of Laissez Faire: Ludwig von Mises's Solution
Ludwig von Mises is often regarded as a "champion" of laissez faire. This characterization seems to contradict Mises's clear statement that economics is value free. The aim of this paper is to resolve this apparent contradiction. We accomplish this by distinguishing, as Mises did, between the advocacy of specific laissez-faire policies and the advocacy of a laissez-faire ideology vis-à-vis the alternative ideologies of socialism and interventioni…
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