F.A. Hayek

How 1990s libertarians laid the groundwork for cryptocurrency

March 23, 2024 · Politics

The Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek wanted to denationalize money. David Chaum, an innovator in the field of cryptography and electronic cash, wanted to shield it from surveillance. Their…

Is Javier Milei a ‘doctrinaire Hayekian’ and a secret ‘Reason’ science project?

November 22, 2023 · Politics

With critics like Sohrab Ahmari, the sourpuss cofounder of the conservative social democrat* journal Compact, Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, is looking better and better even before doing…