"The democratic state’s true ‘will’ is a product of compromise, a nebulous common denominator of everyone’s ephemeral and conflicting interests, as interpreted by fallible elected politicians and honest and dishonest professional bureaucrats"
- José Osvaldo de Meira Penna Meira Penna in O dinossauro
Research
My academic exploration involves delving into the intellectual legacies of economists and political philosophers, such as Hayek, Lerner, Lange, Mises, List, and Locke. I'm equally intrigued by the intricate dynamics of human behavior within diverse institutional settings. This curiosity drives me to study both structured socialist economies and the enduring influences of past spontaneous institutions on our contemporary world.
Scholarly Writing
The Conservative of the Spontaneous Order
JOURNAL OF LIBERTARIAN STUDIES
🕰️ Forthcoming 2024
You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Chains? Re-examining the Hayek-Friedman Hypothesis on the Relationship Between Capitalism and Political Freedom
PUBLIC CHOICE, special issue on Humanomics
🕰️ Forthcoming 2024
👥 with Daniel J Smith and Nicholas A Reinarts
The Spontaneous Provision of Criminal Law
PUBLIC CHOICE, special issue on Humanomics
🕰️ Forthcoming 2024
👥 with Henry A. Thompson
The Rise of Commerce and the Road to Prosperity: The Results of Private Enterprise in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance Italy
Book chapter in Stringham, Edward's (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Private Enterprise
🕰️ Forthcoming 2024
👥 with Daniel J Smith and Alex Fink
Not-So-Spontaneous Socialization Outcomes of Spontaneous Family Structures
COSMOS + TAXIS
🕰️ 2023
👥 with Daniel J Smith
The King’s Gambit: Rationalizing the Fall of the Templars
RATIONALITY AND SOCIETY
🕰️ 2023
👥 with Marcus Shera
Power to the People? Lobbying for Labor rights in Brazil’s National Constituent Assembly
THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW
🕰️ 2023
The Wisdom of Classical Political Economy in Economics: Incorporated or Lost?
THE REVIEW OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS
🕰️ 2023
👥 with Daniel J Smith
Friedrich List’s Critique of the Methuen Treaty
IBERIAN JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
🕰️ 2022
Work in Progress
"The Conservative of the Spontaneous Order" (R&R)
"The Lange Lerner Hypothesis: Analyzing the Impact of Banking Monopolization on Democracy" with Nicholas A. Reinarts and Daniel J. Smith (Under Review)
"Mises and the Disutility of Labor" (Book Chapter: Work in Progress)
"John Locke and the Freedom to Associate" (Book Chapter: Work in Progress)
"The Price of Silence" with Henry A. Thompson (Work in Progress)
"The Socialists’ Hypotheses and The Road to Serfdom" with Daniel J Smith and Nicholas Jensen (Work in Progress)
"Contextualizing The Road to Serfdom: Investigating the Common Understanding of Socialism, Planning, and the Welfare State, 1930-1950" with Daniel J Smith and Nicholas Jensen (Work in Progress)
Comrades Bowling Alone: The Impact of State Ownership of the Economy on Civil Society with Nicholas A. Reinarts and Daniel J. Smith (Work in Progress)
Stonewalling Progress: Socialism and LGBT Political Inclusion with Nicholas A. Reinarts and Daniel J. Smith (Work in Progress)