This paper contrasts two views of peacemaking. The first, and dominant, view treats
peacemaking as a top-down phenomena where peace, defined as the absence of large …

This paper seeks to explain the persistence of entangled systems of political economy. It
does so by introducing the concept of “coercive advantage.” Coercive advantage refers to …

Abstract In 1903 the Italian economist Amilcare Puviani articulated a theory of fiscal illusion
to promote better understanding of the course of political action. Puviani created his theory …

This essay is written for a conference dedicated to exploring tensions within the work of
Frank Knight. My central claim in this essay is that Knight possessed the analytical …

I am delighted to be invited to offer these four lectures on economics as a science of social
organization, which offers a refurbishment of vision of economics established by the thinkers …

This paper treats latent conflict and not open concord as the key feature of human society.
Harold Berman (1983) presented a magisterial survey of the development of the western …

Abstract In 1903 the Italian economist Amilcare Puviani articulated a theory of fiscal illusion
to promote better understanding of the course of political action. Puviani created his theory …