The Degrowth movement advocates a radical shift from our capitalist economic system to one based on human needs, planetary boundaries, and economic democracy. The literature, however, often neglects detailing the concrete coordination mechanisms of a Degrowth economy. This paper addresses this...

Using granular gas price data and rich variation in corporate tax rates, we find that corporate taxes increase consumer prices. About 64% of the corporate tax is borne by consumers. The effect is stronger when firms have limited access to tax planning opportunities, face stricter tax...

After decades of sustained growth and free market policies, Peru has not reached development and is in what appears to be a perpetual crisis of corruption, lack of rule of law and political instability. Some blame free market policies as the obstacle for development, promoting a turn for direct...

The roaring (twenty-)twenties are a decade of anniversaries and milestones. 2020 was the 100th anniversary of Ludwig von Mises’s seminal article “Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth” and the 75th anniversary of F.A. Hayek’s seminal article “The Use of Knowledge in...