Rudolph Kohn

Articles

The Entrepreneur and the Summer Blockbuster

06/30/2025 Mises Wire Rudolph Kohn

Creating a hit movie series, television show, or video game is a phenomenon that not only strikes without warning, but can also strike in unexpected places—or fail to strike where it is intended. Austrian economics provides some key insights.

MMT’s Barely-Hidden Totalitarian Bias

05/19/2025 Mises Wire Rudolph Kohn

While Austrian economists have engaged Modern Monetary Theorists on economic terms, one should not forget that this theory promotes totalitarian governance.

MMT: Feeding the economically inferior machine

07/30/2024 Mises Wire Rudolph Kohn

Even if we were to agree with the MMT advocates that MMT allows the economy to easily shift from privately-produced to government-produced goods and services, we still ask why people should be forced to purchase inferior goods.

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The Entrepreneur and the Summer Blockbuster

06/30/2025 Rudolph Kohn

This summer, Hollywood is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its summer blockbuster “Jaws.” The making of such films provides a good analysis of how entrepreneurs operate in a world of uncertainty. Austrian economists are best able to understand how this process works.

Review: Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier

06/12/2023 Rudolph Kohn

While George Orwell wrote magnificently against totalitarianism, his attempt to defend socialism in The Road to Wigan Pier stumbled badly.

The Rise and Fall of Good Money: A Tale of the Market and the State

01/30/2023 Rudolph Kohn

Once upon a time, the USA had sound, reliable money. Then, a small group of "really intelligent" people decided to "improve" it. We know the rest of the story.

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